cron .pl Permission denied 1

[ThomasJSmart]

Hi
I have a .pl file on my server called "stats.pl"
its located here: "/home/luckdrag/public_html/steam/pstats/stats.pl"

the file has chmod 777

Im trying to use cron to load this file every morning.

when cron runs it sends me an overview email
the content of this email is:

/bin/sh: line 1: /home/luckdrag/public_html/steam/pstats/stats.pl: Permission denied

what am i doing wrong?
is ther another kind of "permissions" next to chmod that i am unaware off?

thanks

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[cb49747]

Check you webserver app. public_html my not allow scripts to run in it. Do you have a cgi-bin? place it in there.

Hope that helps.

Chris Burger

 

[ThomasJSmart]

i can run it without problem using a ssh command prompt...


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[cb49747]

Is the cron job running as the same user as when you ssh in?

 

[ThomasJSmart]

i login to the ssh as root. doesnt the cron run as root? how can i get the cron to run as root?

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[cb49747]

The cron job will run as the user who created the cron job. So probably as root. However there is a comand line promt to tell cron what user to run the program as. I don't think you need it because you probably created the cron job as root. I will look into this more, do not have an answer for ya now, sorry.

Chris

 

[cdlvj]

You shouldn't be running stuff like this as root.
set up your cron for the user-luckdrag

 

[ThomasJSmart]

ok the cron is now running under the user luckdrag and it works

i suppose the server has some kind of setting on it that disables running crons as root perhaps.. (i didnt install the server my provider did it, i just (try to) use it )

Thanks for the tips.
Thomas


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[cb49747]

Glad it all worked out for you.

Chris