[Koha] Koha Not calculating and charging overdue fines

[Caroline Cyr-La-Rose]

Hi,

You have to use the "root" account I think.

I know when I try to do it with my own account, it says I have no 
crontab, but when I switch to the root account, they are all there.

Caroline

On 19-08-06 05 h 26, muirunyeri wrote:
> Hello Carolyne,
>
> Sorry I have not gotten back to you on this issue.
>
> I think this' where my solution lies however the cron -l command 
> replies no cron command for my user account. I have 2 accounts showing 
> i.e. the admin account and the koha_instance account.
>
> I hope i was supposed to run it thru the main account coz thats where 
> I log in.
>
> Or what might I be doing wrong? I believe the cron list should have 
> something. Please advise.
>
> Thanking you heartily
>
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Caroline Cyr-La-Rose <caroline.cyr-la-rose at inlibro.com>
> Date: 01/08/2019 17:32 (GMT+03:00)
> To: muirunyeri <muirunyeri at gmail.com>, koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Not calculating and charging overdue fines
>
> Hello!
>
> I'm not a system administrator, so I'm not sure what I do will work 
> for you. Maybe someone else on the list can correct me if this is not 
> the right way to do it.
>
> What I do to check my crons is go on my server and type crontab -l  
> (dash small "L" for "list"). This gives me the list of all the crons 
> that are running on my server.
>
> If the fines.pl script is not there, you will have to add it. So type 
> crontab -e (dash small "E" for "edit").
>
> On the next available line, add in your cron. This is what I use to 
> remember the order : https://devhints.io/cron
>
> Normally, you want your fines.pl script to run once daily. We run ours 
> during the night. So something like
>
> 0 1 * * * misc/cronjobs/fines.pl
>
> will make the script run everyday at 1 am
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Caroline
>
> On 19-08-01 04 h 53, muirunyeri wrote:
>> Hi Carolyne,
>>
>> I'm not sure if the fines.pl cron job is running. If you could guide 
>> me on how to check I'd be very grateful.
>>
>> The system is new and has been in use for about 6 months and not an 
>> upgrade but a clean install.
>>
>> The circulation system pref are set as
>> 1. Checkin policy- calculate fines on return= Do
>> 2. Fines policy- fines mode= calculate and charge.
>>
>> Thanking you for your assistance
>>
>> Warm regards
>>
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Caroline Cyr-La-Rose <caroline.cyr-la-rose at inlibro.com>
>> Date: 31/07/2019 16:29 (GMT+03:00)
>> To: koha at lists.katipo.co.nz
>> Subject: Re: [Koha] Koha Not calculating and charging overdue fines
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I need more information about your problem.
>>
>> Is the fines.pl cron job running?
>>
>> Is this a new Koha installation or did it stop calculating fines after
>> an upgrade? Which version are your running?
>>
>> Which system preferences did you set and what was their value?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Caroline
>>
>> On 19-07-31 06 h 35, muirunyeri wrote:
>> > Dear team,
>> > My system is not charging nor calculating overdue fines.
>> > I have set the circulation preferences as they should.
>> > Kindly assist
>> >
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