How to save cron job

Question

I am trying to start cron job because I get an error when trying to install the extension.

according to this guide: http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/config-guide/cli/config-cli-subcommands-cron.html

1. I opened Putty and connected to the server
2. Run commend 'crontab -e'

3. I put this line at the bottom

   * * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/magento2/bin/magento cron:run | grep -v "Ran jobs by schedule" >> /var/www/magento2/var/log/magento.cron.log
   

and and I chose CTRL + O

now the program asks me how to save it, here is a screenshot, What should I do next?

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I save cron path Ctr+X and confirm Y(yes)

Next step When I try run Cron Job via command line: 'cd /bin' and next line

./magento cron:run

I get error "Premission denied".

Below screenshot.

Answer 1

There are 2 errors I can see from your screenshot.

1. Your crontab permission is broken, your changes aren't applied in crontab yet.
2. You don't have execute permission on bin/magento

Solutions:

Reinstall crontab to fix read-only file system issue. Execute the following command as root user

dpkg-query -S /var/spool/cron/crontabs
apt-get install --reinstall cron

Add execute permission for bin/magento by use the following command

chmod u+x bin/magento

However, are you sure that the line you've added to crontab -e use the correct webroot directory and PHP path?

* * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/magento2/bin/magento cron:run | grep -v "Ran jobs by schedule" >> /var/www/magento2/var/log/magento.cron.log

because as the above image your magento root dir located here

/home/brandswearx/ftp/

Answer 2

Please use below cron command in command console to fix the check cron script Readiness check issue

/usr/local/bin/php -c /usr/local/lib/php.ini /<Magento installation path>bin/magento cron:run

/usr/local/bin/php -c /usr/local/lib/php.ini /<Magento installation path>
update/cron.php

/usr/local/bin/php -c /usr/local/lib/php.ini /<Magento installation path>bin/magento setup:cron:run

May that help. Please make sure you have sufficient permissions of var folder.

Answer 3

I used these commands but still something blocks me.

here you have translated errors:

1448/5000 brandswearxv @ brandswearxv: ~ $ dpkg-query -S / var / spool / cron / crontabs dpkg-query: error: can not open to read the file "/var / lib / dpkg / status" containing information about the package: Permission denied brandswearxv @ brandswearxv: ~ $ apt-get install --reinstall cron In: Can not read /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ - DirectoryExists (13: Permission denie d) In: Can not read /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ - DirectoryExists (13: Permission denied) In: Can not read /etc/apt/sources.list - RealFileExists (13: Permission denie d) E: Failed to open the lock file / var / lib / dpkg / lock - open (13: Permissio n denied) E: Failed to block the administrative directory (/ var / lib / dpkg /), do you use administrator privileges? brandswearxv @ brandswearxv: ~ $ chmod u + x bin / magento brandswearxv brandswearxv @: ~ $