Cron (Moodle/ Corn.php) on Ubuntu 8.04lts

[kieran8055]

Hi All
I am trying to setup moodle/admin/cron.php on ubuntu 8.04lts. (schedule tasks) I have set it up to run every 5 mins and checked forum it seems like it not working properly ( does n't sends emails ).

Can anybody tell me how to set it up on schedule tasks to run cron automatically.

Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

[kmount]

Check your access logs to see if it is working but isn't sending you a mail (for whatever reason).

My crontab looks as follows:

*/5 * * * * wget -q -O /dev/null http://www.mymoodle.com/admin/cron.php

What does yours look like?

[kieran8055]

Check your access logs to see if it is working but isn't sending you a mail (for whatever reason).

My crontab looks as follows:

*/5 * * * * wget -q -O /dev/null http://www.mymoodle.com/admin/cron.php

What does yours look like?

Well mine aslo looks same as it is.

[kmount]

Worth checking your logs then fella, by default in /var/log/apache2/ to see if its hitting it.

If not, run the command manually from the shell and check if the log shows it hitting and we can look at why/if Cron is playing up.

[kieran8055]

Worth checking your logs then fella, by default in /var/log/apache2/ to see if its hitting it.

If not, run the command manually from the shell and check if the log shows it hitting and we can look at why/if Cron is playing up.

I cant see any hits in access.log or error.log

How do i check from shell window?

Cheers

[kmount]

Pop in whatever you're using for your cron less the time indicators (the */5 and *'s)

In my case:

wget -q -O /dev/null my moodle login demo database at mymoodle.com

[kieran8055]

ho well sorted,

I have enable cron job via command line i have to diable it ( leave default).

Cheers :0)

[kmount]

My pleasure.