Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/02/01/12:21:47
Hey Cron Experts,
I using Cygwin version:
CYGWIN_NT-5.0 PVLCRAIGR 1.3.6(0.47/3/2) 2001-12-08 17:02 i686 unknown and
I'm trying to get Cron running on 3 machines, WinNT w/ SP6 and Win2K, but
having pretty much the same problem on all. Cron runs, but fails to launch
the crontab processes. Looks like a configuration issue, but with what?
I can get the service running just fine by using the following:
cygrunsrv -I cron -d "Cygwin CRON" -p /usr/sbin/cron -a '-D' cygrunsrv -S
cron
or
cygrunsrv -I "Cygwin cron" -p /usr/sbin/cron -a '-D' -e "CYGWIN=ntsec"
cygrunsrv --start "Cygwin cron"
NOTE: I've also tried the "-p" option with the full pathname to
C:/PerVigil/usr/sbin/cron
Used a simple crontab -e to add:
* * * * * /usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log
* * * * * echo "Hello from CRON" > /tmp/echo.log
But always receive the following messages in the event viewer:
1. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /usr/sbin/cron )could
not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): /usr/sbin/cron
: Win32 Process Id = 0xB1 : Cygwin Process Id = 0xB1 :(trendadm) CMD
(/usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log).
2. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /usr/sbin/cron )could
not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): /usr/sbin/cron
: Win32 Process Id = 0xFA : Cygwin Process Id = 0xFA :
(trendadm) CMD (echo "Hello from CRON").
3. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sSMTP mail )could not be
found. It contains the following insertion string(s): sSMTP mail : Win32
Process Id = 0x1AA : Cygwin Process Id = 0x168 : No ssmtp.conf in
/etc/ssmtp.
(Now granted, I haven’t enabled the mail server yet.)
4. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sSMTP mail )could not be
found. It contains the following insertion string(s): sSMTP mail : Win32
Process Id = 0x1AA : Cygwin Process Id = 0x168 : unable to locate host
mailhost..
5. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sSMTP mail )could not be
found. It contains the following insertion string(s):sSMTP mail : Win32
Process Id = 0x1AA : Cygwin Process Id = 0x168 : can't open the smtp port
(0) on mailhost..
6. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /usr/sbin/cron )could
not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): /usr/sbin/cron
: Win32 Process Id = 0x1B1 : Cygwin Process Id = 0x1B1 :
(trendadm) MAIL (mailed 16 bytes of output but got status 0xffffffff).
I've been thru the web site and tried to read all the threads and docs, but
I'm completely stumped.
I know it's not an issue with finding /usr/sbin/cron. The commands by
themselves run fine in Bash, however my path is:
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Winnt/Commands:/cygdrive/c/Program
Files/Sybase/Sybase
Central/win32:/cygdrive/c/trend/sybase_11.9.2/ASEP:/cygdrive/c/trend/sybase_11.9.2/DLL:/cygdrive/c/trend/sybase_11.9.2/BIN:.:/cygdrive/c/TREND/TREND_4.0/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:.:/cygdrive/c/Appls/SecureCRT
3.0
My startup cygwin.bat is:
@echo off
C:
chdir \TREND\TREND_4.0\PerVigil\bin
bash --login -i
/etc/passwd consists of:
Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0::
SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18::
Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-PVLDELL22\Administrator,S-1-5-21-15877441-981
097223-622671684-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash
Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-PVLDELL22\Guest,S-1-5-21-15877441-981097223-622671684-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash
trendadm:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1001:513:trendadm,U-PVLDELL22\trendadm,S-1-5-21-15877441-981
097223-622671684-1001:/home/trendadm:/bin/bash
/etc/group consist of:
Everyone:S-1-1-0:0:
SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18:
None:S-1-5-21-15877441-981097223-622671684-513:513:
Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544:
Backup Operators:S-1-5-32-551:551:
Guests:S-1-5-32-546:546:
Power Users:S-1-5-32-547:547:
Replicator:S-1-5-32-552:552:
Users:S-1-5-32-545:545:
Any ideas or suggestions. Thanks very much.
- - -CraigRees
PerVigil, Inc.
972-238-5885
craig DOT rees AT pervigil DOT com
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