My host did something which now allows the mysql connection script to work when called from shell/crontab as my output log file is now:
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26412: old priority 0, new priority 18
Spidering in progress...*
http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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http://www.lockmonsters.com/ Locked*
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When I go to my browser and admin page, the site shows up in the spidered list (yippee!), but as locked.
I'll try to figure out why it showed up as locked now. (When I enter the site manually through the browser the site spiders alright)