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I just did an update from 1.9.3.1 to 1.9.3.6 with the connect manager. Since then the website is unreachable. It sometimes works if I refresh multiple times but I get an error 500 most of the time.

I checked the log and it seems the cronjob is spamming this error:

2017-11-02T12:37:28+00:00 ERR (3): Warning: shell_exec(): Unable to execute '/bin/sh '/html/my-shop/cron.sh' 'cron.php' -malways 1 \> /dev/null 2\>\&1 \&' in /html/my-shop/cron.php on line 67

The host is a shared hosting solution so I am not able to see apache or nginx logs. Maybe the cronjob failing is causing the host to shutdown further connections ? How can I fix this issue?

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  • did you set right permission ?
    – Pankaj Pareek
    Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 12:48
  • I gave 777 to cron.sh and cron.php and it still not working. I completely new to magento sorry..
    – user6800816
    Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 12:50
  • you are getting 500 error on site ? Or only cron that is creating the issue ?
    – Pankaj Pareek
    Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 12:51
  • Yes. Sometimes it works if I refresh multiple times. It seems this cron issue is spamming so hard that the host is blocking the connection
    – user6800816
    Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 12:52

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As you are on shared hosting, may be shell command is not allowed to execute on server.

Add the below line of code

$isShellDisabled = true;

After the below line:

$isShellDisabled = (stripos(PHP_OS, 'win') === false) ? $isShellDisabled : true;

You can set up permission by running the clean up script

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  • thanks a lot, it works now. What happens if I leave cron disabled ? I guess a lot of magento functions will not work ?
    – user6800816
    Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 13:06
  • Cron is required otherwise order email, catalog rule stop working
    – Pankaj Pareek
    Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 13:07
  • It did work before the upgrade. Should I do a rollback or is there a fix or a way to debug this ?
    – user6800816
    Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 13:28

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