Re: Corn job anomaly

"B. Aerts" <[email protected]> Tue, 20 Sep 2016 21:50:13 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.php.database
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 20/09/16 10:06, Lester Caine wrote:
> On 20/09/16 06:16, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
>> Was probably a newb question, however, now it is saying that my database user is not allowed access.
>> I have a mysql connection inside my script that reads the database to get user email addresses to send a reminder email to.
>>
>> Is there supposed to be a call or directive to load mysql in my command line as well?
>> Man this is frustrating.
>
> The user name and password you are using from the web scripts SHOULD
> work in the script you are using on the cron job. Although mysql does
> seem to have a few extra security features that cut in. Are they listed
> in the script, or loaded from the environment ... which is of cause
> different for the cron jobs ... and why you needed the full path.
>

Karl,

is your MySQL database located on the machine itsself where you run the 
Cron job ?
If so, does your Cron user have read/write/execute permissions on either 
the DB directory, and the DB itsself ?

Regards, Bert

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