Crontab doesn't work for me!

[Guest]

Hi,

I am using RedHat 7.3 and if I put this line into crontab, nothing happend...

*/5 * * * * nobody php /home/htdocs/ssl/cacti/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1

But I solve the Problem and hope that I can help somebody else...

The solution is simple..
go to /etc/cron.d/
type vi cacticron
add the line of the quote (you should edit the user "nobody" and the path to the cmd.php)
save and exit...

Now your Graphs will refresh.

Your Tool is GREAT!!!!!! Thank you very much..

Yours sincerly,
Benjamin E.

[Guest]

Sorry for my english.. i am in hurry (and german )

[guest]

its not creating any files on rra and log dir..
i changed its permission to <username> and put a line in my /etc/crontab

*/5 * * * * <username> php /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1

[karlh]

Hi.
You should really use this instead:

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/load/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1

If you set up the cron as root and use a * instead of a user it will work.
Note: this is also on a RedHat server

[gilson]

Only to clarify:

As said in documentation (http://www.raxnet.net/products/cacti/docs/INSTALL.htm, item 8 ), the syntax:
*/5 * * * * <username> /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/cacti/cmd.php > /dev/null 2>&1
applies to /etc/crontab ONLY.

If you login as Apache user (if it's possible) or "crontab -e -u apache" (edit crontab table for apache user) the syntax is almost the same as above, but WITHOUT <username>. The user's crontab ALREADY runs owned by the user itself.

-Gilson