Nedd Help On Crontab/Cron Please

Need Help On Crontab/Cron Please

I can't seem to make my cronjob work, I am new to cron.
I followed Debian Etch Perfect Server Setup with ISPConfig running.
My crontab looks like this:

Code:

30 00 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/logs.php &> /dev/null
59 23 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/ftp_logs.php &> /dev/null
59 23 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/mail_logs.php &> /dev/null
59 23 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/cleanup.php &> /dev/null
0 4 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/webalizer.php &> /dev/null
0,30 * * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/check_services.php &> /dev/null
15 3,15 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/quota_msg.php &> /dev/null
40 00 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/traffic.php &> /dev/null
05 02 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/backup.php &> /dev/null
0 4 * * * /root/ispconfig/php/php /root/ispconfig/scripts/shell/awstats.php &> /dev/null
5 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f /var/www/web1/web/sendstudio/admin/cron/cron.php &> /dev/null

I can't seem to make the last cronjob run, is it in the right format and path?

Code:

5 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f /var/www/web1/web/sendstudio/admin/cron/cron.php &> /dev/null

is /usr/bin/php the correct path to php? files at /var/www/web1/web/ are owned by web1_user.

Please help.
Thanks in advance.

 

from the command line, type in:

Code:

   whereis php

 

/usr/bin/php is appearing when I type whereis php.

I did the crontab -e as root, should it be done as the user of the file, web1_user instead? In other words I was logged in as root when I did the crontab -e, should I be logged in as web1_user instead?

 

What's in /var/www/web1/web/sendstudio/admin/cron/cron.php?
What happens when you run

Code:

/usr/bin/php -f /var/www/web1/web/sendstudio/admin/cron/cron.php

manually?

 

run manually, meaning on the command prompt? When I logged in as web1_user not root and try to type

i get this:

/var/www/web1/web/sendstudio/admin/cron/cron.php is a php file which handles the scheduled mailing and autoresponders for my maling list manager (sendstudio).

 

The command you must run on the shell is

Code:

/usr/bin/php -f /var/www/web1/web/sendstudio/admin/cron/cron.php

not

Code:

5 * * * * /usr/bin/php -f /var/www/web1/web/sendstudio/admin/cron/cron.php &> /dev/null

 

I get the same message:

 

hmm, post the full contents of the cron.php that is not running. falko, would `ps ax` show a stuck cron job, if that is what json is?

 

thanks for all the help chipsafts and falko, things are running properly now, I guess I just mistyped something on the crontab, the script/software is running properly now and sending emails.

 

Open /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and comment out or delete the line

Code:

extension = json.so

Restart Apache afterwards.

 

In my case I had to comment it out in the file /etc/php5/cli/php.ini