This is how cron should be configured on new band site hosting servers.
See also: Creating a Band Site Hosting Server
Install netcat
# yum install nc
# crontab -e
Delete any lines that follow the formats:
0 * * * * wget -0 - -q http://SOME.BOMBPLATE.PAGE/cron.php >/dev/null 2>&1
0 * * * * ( echo 'GET cron.php HTTP/1.1' ; echo 'Host: SOME.BOMBPLATE.PAGE' ; echo ; echo ; sleep 1 ) | telnet 127.0.0.1 80 >/dev/null 2>&1
Also delete the following lines:
0 * * * * mysqldump --skip-opt -u baseline_user -ps8y34Zkr baseline_db > /usr/bandsXtools/baseline-human-readable.sql >/dev/null 2>&1
0 * * * * mysqldump -u baseline_user -ps8y34Zkr baseline_db > /usr/bandsXtools/bombplates.sql >/dev/null 2>&1
Replace them with
2 1 * * * wget -O - -q http://BANDSX.bombplates.com/gen_tours.php >/dev/null 2>&1
0 0 * * 5 /sbin/fsck -n >> /home/vomitHat/.motd 2>&1
0 0 * * 2 /usr/bin/yum update -y
0 * * * * cd /usr/bandsXtools ; git pull >/dev/null 2>&1
1,6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 * * * * /bin/rm /var/tmp/prompt.LOCK >/dev/null 2>&1
1,6,11,16,21,26,31,36,41,46,51,56 * * * * /usr/bandsXtools/httpd-restart.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * ( echo 'GET /prompt.php HTTP/1.0' ; echo ; echo ; sleep 1 ) | telnet 127.0.0.1 80 >/dev/null 2>&1
Enable cron daemon