Auto Announcement issues

[norman1234]

I have tried many ways to do Auto Announce

http://forum.ragezone.com/f452/auto-announce-679771/

even did 343s package.. didnt even modify anything and waited half a day and no announce.. although i did change the ip and port for the server.

i have also edit cron by manualy.. doing crontab -e and adding everything in
it still dont work..although when i do edit it manually and save it.. it goes into /var/spool/cron/crontabs

idk if this has anything to do with it.. or how it reads it.. as i know the guides shows it in /etc/ folder
so any ideas on how to fix it?

[MentaL]

[das7002]

What are you using as the crontab?
What happens when you call the jsp from a browser?

More details are needed to get answers, we aren't magical psychic mind-readers that know everything about all problems

[twiggy345]

ok when i went to my pwadmin/AA/aa1.jsp it said Successfully Sent Broadcast Message!

So i dont know why Crontab isnt calling it. here is where i installed my files

I went and put Crontab in <root> etc/
then i put my aa1.sh in <root> etc/cron.pw
then i put my aa1.jsp in <root> root/apachetomcat/webbapps/pwadmin/aa

I have a feeling that they are all in the wrong Directory tho

THen i went and edited it so that it calls aa1.jsp every 5 mins ( so i dont have to wait long when testing)

I have rebooted Linux and also have used the stop cron; and the start cron
Which both successful in stopping and restarting. So im kinda lost too.

[ivanaivana]

I have tried many ways to do Auto Announce

http://forum.ragezone.com/f452/auto-announce-679771/

even did 343s package.. didnt even modify anything and waited half a day and no announce.. although i did change the ip and port for the server.

i have also edit cron by manualy.. doing crontab -e and adding everything in
it still dont work..although when i do edit it manually and save it.. it goes into /var/spool/cron/crontabs

idk if this has anything to do with it.. or how it reads it.. as i know the guides shows it in /etc/ folder
so any ideas on how to fix it?

http://forum.ragezone.com/f452/auto-...d-help-720233/

[nofxpunkerbrian]

My auto announces on my cron go like this:

15 * * * * lynx http://localhost:8180/iweb/passwordbroadcast.jsp
30 * * * * lynx http://localhost:8180/iweb/votebroadcast.jsp
45 * * * * lynx http://localhost:8180/iweb/helpbroadcast.jsp

Your more than likely forgetting to open the jsp file via a web package, lynx is a good one for this kind of area.

[das7002]

My auto announces on my cron go like this:

15 * * * * lynx http://localhost:8180/iweb/passwordbroadcast.jsp
30 * * * * lynx http://localhost:8180/iweb/votebroadcast.jsp
45 * * * * lynx http://localhost:8180/iweb/helpbroadcast.jsp

Your more than likely forgetting to open the jsp file via a web package, lynx is a good one for this kind of area.

Actually... wget -O/dev/null http://localhost:8180/somebroadcast.jsp

would be a better choice

[norman1234]

Actually... wget -O/dev/null http://localhost:8180/somebroadcast.jsp

would be a better choice

i done alot of testing.. and i couldnt get the lynx working.. but with das wget one it worked.. both for the ip and localhost.

[twiggy345]

I used the one das used also with localhost and got it working. But i created a crontab for root also. So if u use crontab -e and put in the new
info there it will setup a new cron for the usr root. Just remember if u go this route that u have to point it to ur broadcast. the one das shows is the best one to use. But thats my opinion and thank all of u for helping with this issue

[hrace009]

make a script

put this at your crontab, or do it with webmin for the easy way

cd /cron
./job1.sh

in job1.sh put this:

rm broadcast.jsp
wget http://YOUR IP:8080/broadcast.jsp
rm broadcast.jsp

in broadcast.jsp put this:

<%@page contentType="text/html; charset=GBK"%>
<%@page import="java.lang.*"%>
<%@page import="java.util.*"%>
<%@page import="java.text.*"%>
<%@page import="org.apache.commons.lang.StringEscapeUtils"%>
<%@page import="protocol.*"%>
<%@page import="com.goldhuman.auth.*"%>
<%@page import="com.goldhuman.util.*"%>
<%@page import="org.apache.commons.logging.Log"%>
<%@page import="org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory"%>
<%@page import="java.io.*"%>
<%@page import="java.sql.*"%>
<%
        //
        // Coded by [B]aSH from Vendetta Gaming Network.
        // 
String msg = "YOUR MESSAGE";
try {
        protocol.DeliveryDB.broadcast((byte)9,-1,msg);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
        out.println("<font color=red>Error Attempting to Broadcast Message!</font>");
}        
%>
<%
out.println("<font color=green>Successfully Sent Broadcast Message!</font>");
%>

[Romulan]

My auto announces on my cron go like this:

15 * * * * lynx http://localhost:8180/iweb/passwordbroadcast.jsp
30 * * * * lynx http://localhost:8180/iweb/votebroadcast.jsp
45 * * * * lynx http://localhost:8180/iweb/helpbroadcast.jsp

Your more than likely forgetting to open the jsp file via a web package, lynx is a good one for this kind of area.

It needs lynx installed btw...

CONSOLE~: apt-get install lynx