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Asked: 2026-05-11T20:39:59+00:00

Have the following cronjob set up in root’s crontab: (centos 5.x) 2 * *

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Have the following cronjob set up in root’s crontab: (centos 5.x)

2 * * * * /usr/bin/curl --basic --user 'user:pass' http://localhost/cron/do_some_action > /var/www/app/cronlog.log

Invoking the actual command works as expected, however when the cronjob runs, it always times out. I’ve used set_time_limit() and related php.ini settings to ensure it’s not PHP dying, and /var/log/cron looks normal to me:

Jun 4 10:02:01 foobar crond[12138]: (root) CMD ([snip])

Any ideas about why the cronjob would be dying?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I figured it out – curl’s progress stats:

    (100 65622    0 65622    0     0   1039      0 --:--:--  0:01:03 --:--:--  1927)

    were being written to stderr for some reason – adding 2>&1 at the end of the command fixed it:

    2 * * * * /usr/bin/curl --basic --user 'user:pass' http://localhost/cron/do_some_action > /var/www/app/cronlog.log 2>&1

    Thanks to everyone for all the insight!

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