I'm getting Cron errors when attempting to run run-periodic-tasks. I followed the instructions on this page: Setting up run-periodic-tasks.
http://www.movabletype.org/documentation/administrator/setting-up-run-periodic-taskspl.html
I have a dedicated server at Pair. They have a control panel that is not standard cPanel or Plesk, but I can run Cron jobs through it.
Using the example on the above page:
/path/to/mt; perl ./tools/run-periodic-tasks -verbose >> /var/log/httpd/mt.log
I was getting the error:
cannot create /var/log/httpd/mt.log: Permission denied
So I adjusted the permissions. Now I get this error:
/path/to/mt: Permission denied
/path/to/mt is actually a symlink to the MT folder. If I alter the permissions on the symlink then it alters the permissions in the MT folder. All the permissions are standard in the MT folder. I'm not sure what to change.
Reported on Movable Type 4.3
Hi, Bill
The phrase written in manual page must be replaced to your own environment.
Please modify "/path/to/mt" to your original directory you installed your MT.
For example, if you have installed your MT to /home/Bill/cgi-bin/MT, the configuration line should be like this;
cd /home/Bill/cgi-bin/MT; perl ./tools/run-periodic-tasks
As manual page says, "-daemon -verbose >> /var/log/httpd/mt.log &" is for using run-periodic-tasks as a daemon mode, and perhaps you cannot use this line because you are using shared-hosting service and you don't have permission to set your original daemon to your server.
Thanks for the reply.
I have the "/path/to/mt" set to the correct location on my server, but I chose to use the example text in my posting.
The Cron error I am getting shows up in "mt.log". It shows:
/path/to/mt: Permission denied
(Of course with the path to my actual MT install)
As mentioned above I'm not on a shared server.
I was trying to get the Cron to work before trying to run this as a Daemon.
Hi, Bill
If your configuration to the installed path is correct, your directory's permission may be the cause of the issue.
How are your directories' permission -- not only "/mt" but also "/tools" ?
These directories should be executable, like "755" or "705".
Both /mt and /tools are 755
All of the files in /tools are set to 755
How about upper directories("path/to") ?
/root/cgi-bin is 755 as well
should be owned by apache (or whatever id runs MT)
It was owned by the same user id as MT.
Adding in the full path to perl on my server seems to have made the difference (in my case /usr/bin/perl). The script now appears to be running and logging its progress.
Thanks for the help!