aliitp Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Hi I installed the script and everything seems just fine so far but i dont know how to setup cron job using PuTTy SSH Client for windows please i need your assistance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliitp Posted August 13, 2011 Author Share Posted August 13, 2011 plz help me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanum Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I think this is what you want: Type crontab -e and press Enter Enter your cron job in the plain text file. The format is divided into six steps: minutes, hour, date, month, day, command. (check this for setup a crontab file: h**p://corenominal.org/howto-setup-a-crontab-file/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliitp Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 any idea why it would say no crontab for user id?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliitp Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 i am totally sick of this stupid problem on a featureless hosting provider!!! what will happen if i run WHMCS without cronjob?? is there is a way to do it manually?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHMCS Support Manager WHMCS John Posted August 16, 2011 WHMCS Support Manager Share Posted August 16, 2011 The cron needs to run once per day to generate invoices, send reminders, suspend delinquent accounts etc. You can run it manually by vising the /admin/cron.php file in your browser...make sure you don't forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliitp Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 The cron needs to run once per day to generate invoices, send reminders, suspend delinquent accounts etc.You can run it manually by vising the /admin/cron.php file in your browser...make sure you don't forget. are you sure i can run it manually, i am really tired of this problem and my hosting company wont help me by email! so should it be every 24 hours exactly or it doesnt matter i can run it no matter how many times i want?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striddy Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 i am really tired of this problem and my hosting company wont help me by email! Time to change your hosting company. No CRON = not usable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliitp Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Time to change your hosting company. No CRON = not usable. of course i prefer having cron job but changing the host is something i dont prefer doing right now really! why do you think that it is not usable? if it is because ill have to do it myself every single time then thats fine with me i can automate that process from my PC running windows scheduled tasks maybe or some other way, I am good at finding those CUSTOM solutions which are pretty hard to resolve sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striddy Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 of course i prefer having cron jobbut changing the host is something i dont prefer doing right now really! why do you think that it is not usable? if it is because ill have to do it myself every single time then thats fine with me i can automate that process from my PC running windows scheduled tasks maybe or some other way, I am good at finding those CUSTOM solutions which are pretty hard to resolve sometimes Consider this for starters. Will you be using your existing host for selling hosting to customers? If so, how will you handle things when your customer installs a script, like you just have, and then wants to use CRON? You will say, sorry you can't use CRON, and then the customer will leave and find a real host. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliitp Posted August 17, 2011 Author Share Posted August 17, 2011 Consider this for starters. Will you be using your existing host for selling hosting to customers? If so, how will you handle things when your customer installs a script, like you just have, and then wants to use CRON? You will say, sorry you can't use CRON, and then the customer will leave and find a real host. dude you got it totally wrong am not selling hosting accounts! nor did i even suggest that really u got me confused now i really wish ur wrong, because if u were then my current host wil suit me just fine many people get a host to simply host their service website and promote their products which are handled elsewhere! my website is http://www.hd-seed.com and my product is Seedbox accounts i mainly need WHMCS to create member accounts for my customers so that they would receive auto notifications for monthly service renewals, monitor their billing status, apply for promotions, use the AFFILIATE program which is something i need!, be able to request or support in a neat way by raising tickets (coz i got few cheaters simply emailing me requesting for support why they are somebody else!) and use the live chat feature... for those i am thinking running cron.php manually on daily basis wuld be fine and please correct me if i am wrong John or striddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striddy Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 you got it totally wrong am not selling hosting accounts! nor did i even suggest that really Considering the majority of users of WHMCS use it for hosting and domain sales, provisioning, billing, tickets, etc, (that was why it was created), then I assumed that's what you did. My apologies. If you care to manually run the cron 365 days of the year, go for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliitp Posted August 18, 2011 Author Share Posted August 18, 2011 Considering the majority of users of WHMCS use it for hosting and domain sales, provisioning, billing, tickets, etc, (that was why it was created), then I assumed that's what you did. My apologies. If you care to manually run the cron 365 days of the year, go for it. nope as i said i will setup up some custom solution for that to run it automatically thanks striddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNodashi Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 Have you actually considered to use google to see how to setup cronjobs using putty. Or do you expect everyone to spoonfeed you the whole time? There's even an article in the WHMCS docs about this as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliitp Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 Have you actually considered to use google to see how to setup cronjobs using putty. Or do you expect everyone to spoonfeed you the whole time? There's even an article in the WHMCS docs about this as well. can u actually mind ur own business and refrain from useless replies? is that something ur capable of doing or u fail in doing it? i have gone through every single document but i just couldnt solve the issue besides if you follow the correspondance you will clearly see that i am now satisfied with John's solution next time please use your EYES to see, an BRAIN to analyze that. and not just your mouth! bye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNodashi Posted August 19, 2011 Share Posted August 19, 2011 can u actually mind ur own business and refrain from useless replies?is that something ur capable of doing or u fail in doing it? i have gone through every single document but i just couldnt solve the issue besides if you follow the correspondance you will clearly see that i am now satisfied with John's solution next time please use your EYES to see, an BRAIN to analyze that. and not just your mouth! bye wow, really? please don't expect people to help you with that kind of attitude in future. We're not here to baby sit school children. we run businesses and most people would happily help someone who shows a bit of backbone and can prove they actually tried something themselves. but someone who demands answers without trying for themselves don't deserve much help, or even respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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