From e977d3da77b5cbd4943327afe9742998cf8a63fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anirudh Duggal Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 12:24:47 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Modified cron job docs so that user does not end up searching for a solution and later find out that it was a chmod chown issue Signed-off-by: Anirudh Duggal --- .../configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.rst b/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.rst index d4c2a709f..cfdaa3383 100644 --- a/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.rst +++ b/admin_manual/configuration_server/background_jobs_configuration.rst @@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ Using the operating system cron feature is the preferred method for executing regular tasks. This method enables the execution of scheduled jobs without the inherent limitations the Web server might have. +.. note:: Please make sure that your cron.php file has executable permissions and is owned by www-data + To run a cron job on a \*nix system, every 5 minutes, under the default Web server user (often, ``www-data`` or ``wwwrun``), you must set up the following cron job to call the **cron.php** script::