Hello, I am trying to set up a cron job for one of the web application on VPS with perfect server Under sites, I have set up a cron job as under; /usr/bin/php /var/www/mydomain.com/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1 Then if I go command line to check crontab -e it shows like this; 15 0 * * * "/root/.acme.sh"/acme.sh --cron --home "/root/.acme.sh" > /dev/null * * * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh 2>&1 | while read line; do echo `/bin/date` "$line" >> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log; done * * * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/cron.sh 2>&1 | while read line; do echo `/bin/date` "$line" >> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log; done 30 23 * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/scripts/handle_mailbox_soft_deleted.sh &> /dev/null Here it does not show the Cror job I created & saved under sites. My first question is Do I need to add here after I run crontab -e & make it like this 15 0 * * * "/root/.acme.sh"/acme.sh --cron --home "/root/.acme.sh" > /dev/null * * * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh 2>&1 | while read line; do echo `/bin/date` "$line" >> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log; done * * * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/cron.sh 2>&1 | while read line; do echo `/bin/date` "$line" >> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log; done 30 23 * * * /usr/local/ispconfig/server/scripts/handle_mailbox_soft_deleted.sh &> /dev/null * * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/mydomain.com/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1 if yes, then it does not work I tried root@app:~# sudo systemctl status cron ● cron.service - Regular background program processing daemon Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/cron.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Tue 2023-04-18 02:21:59 EDT; 12h ago Docs: man:cron(8) Main PID: 373 (cron) Tasks: 1 (limit: 9477) Memory: 34.4M CGroup: /system.slice/cron.service └─373 /usr/sbin/cron -f Apr 18 14:58:01 app CRON[413944]: (root) CMD (/usr/bin/php /var/www/mydomain.com/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1) Apr 18 14:58:01 app CRON[413940]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user web1 by (uid=0) Apr 18 14:58:01 app CRON[413945]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/server.sh 2>&1 | while read line; do echo `/bin/date` "$line" >> /var/log/ispconfig/cron.log; done) Apr 18 14:58:01 app CRON[413946]: (web1) CMD (/usr/bin/php /var/www/mydomain.com/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1 #mydomain.com) Apr 18 14:58:01 app CRON[413948]: (root) CMD (/usr/local/ispconfig/server/cron.sh 2>&1 | while read line; do echo `/bin/date` "$line" >> /var/l> Apr 18 14:58:01 app jk_chrootsh[413946]: abort, homedir '/var/www/clients/client1/web1' for user web1 (5004) does not contain the jail separator <jail>/./<home> Apr 18 14:58:01 app CRON[413940]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user web1 Apr 18 14:58:01 app CRON[413941]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Apr 18 14:58:01 app CRON[413943]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Apr 18 14:58:01 app Where am I doing wrong? anything to do with chroot, how & what command Please help! Thanks & regards
Website cronjobs are in /etc/cron.d/ directory, you can not view them by using crontab -e command. What you checked with crontab -e is the crontab of the root user, it would be a real security issue if website cronjobs would be run as root and not as website user. Your issue might be related to chroot, but first, you should check what the actual cronjob looks like in /etc/cron.d/ When enabling chroot, you must use paths that are correct to the new root, so e.g. a file /var/www/somedomain/web/abc is now just /web/abc in the chroot.
Dear Sir, Thank you for your reply. my /etc/cron.d/ has one of the following file; ispc_chrooted_web1 MAILTO='' SHELL='/usr/sbin/jk_chrootsh' * * * * * web1 /usr/bin/php /var/www/mydomain.com/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1 #mydomain.com Further, please advice, how & where to enable chroot Thanks & regards,
Chroot is already enabled, so the path in your command is wrong, use: /usr/bin/php /artisan schedule:run and double-check if artisan is really in the folder /var/www/mydomain.com/artisan and not in the web folder /var/www/mydomain.com/web/artisan, which you'd mean your cron command has to be: /usr/bin/php /web/artisan schedule:run
