error : WRONG FILE OWNER (/var/spool/cron/$USER)

aria_opensource

• January 29, 2022 12:45

I defined a new job in cronjobs menu (in cpanel) to run a php file each 5 minutes, but it doesn't run after 5 minutes. [CODE=php]*/5 * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/$USER/public_html/custom_script
whae i check CRON logs it shows bellow error : [CODE=php]crond[2095080]: ($USER) WRONG FILE OWNER (/var/spool/cron/$USER)
when i check above mentioned path, i can see that file owner is that user: [CODE=php]# ls -la /var/spool/cron/$USER -rw------- 1 $USER $USER 131 Jan 29 21:48 $USER
why defined CRON file doesnot run?

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  hmaddy

  • January 30, 2022 09:44

  check with your username instead of $user

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  aria_opensource

  • January 30, 2022 10:58

  I used $USER as an example, there is definitely a real user in the server.

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • January 31, 2022 19:12

  What about /var/spool/cron/ itself? That should look similar to this: drwx------. 2 root root 4096 Jan 13 11:52 /var/spool/cron/
  You can always keep working up the file path chain too, checking the ownership of /var and /var/spool, which should be the following: drwxr-xr-x. 11 root root 4096 Oct 7 16:40 /var/spool/ drwxr-xr-x. 22 root root 4096 Jan 28 13:00 /var
  

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  aria_opensource

  • February 01, 2022 08:35

  I check what you said All permissions are just like your screen shots

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • February 01, 2022 12:25

  If you have root access to the server you're always welcome to submit a ticket to our team so we can check things out directly on the system experiencing the issue. If you do that, please post the ticket number here so I can follow along and keep this thread updated with our findings.

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