[support] Cron Unable to Access Database

[sander-martijn]

try

17 * * * *  /usr/bin/lynx -source http://example.com/cron.php

or

17 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -O - -q http://example.com/cron.php


Shai Gluskin wrote:
> Fellow Drupallers,
> 
> Cron isn't working.
> 
> This is the job I have set up:
> 
> 17 * * * *  /usr/bin/php -q /home/<account_name>/public_html/cron.php
> 
> (account_name is replaced with the actual account name.)
> 
> I'm using cpanel x3 advanced pane set-up.
> 
> At 17 minutes after every hour I get the automated e-mail cron report 
> telling me that the script was unable to access the database.
> 
> When I go to: /admin/logs/status, not surprisingly, cron has not been run.
> 
> When I navigate via a browser to: example.com/cron.php 
> <http://example.com/cron.php> cron runs normally and is reported as such 
> in /admin/logs/status.
> 
> Other cron jobs in different accounts (also Drupal installations) on the 
> same server are working fine.
> 
> I'm running Drupal 5.7.
> 
> Thanks for the help.
> 
> Shai
> content2zero <http://content2zero.com>
>