Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/04/04/19:29:10
Michael,
This finally did the trick. Thanks for the assistance.
I suggest that whoever maintains the cygwin.README update it with this
information, with a note that this works for XP.
Steven Caswell
stevencaswell AT yahoo DOT com
a.k.a Mungo Knotwise of Michel Delving
"One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them..."
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Lang [mailto:michi AT jackal-net DOT at]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 4:19 PM
> To: stevencaswell AT yahoo DOT com
> Subject: RE: Strange Crond behavior
>
>
> Hi steven
>
> No I didn't change anything ...
> Try using these setting that helped for me ...
> net stop "cron" # stoping the service
> cygrunsrv -R cron # uninstall
> cygrunsrv -I cron -d "Cron" -p /usr/sbin/cron -a "-D" |
> -e "CYGWIN=binmode ntsec tty" -1 /var/log/cron.log -2
> /var/log/cron.log
>
> the settings -1 -2 are for normal output and error output ...
> the cronjobs didnīt report any error as in the Eventlog usage
> but the worked. 8)
>
> hope it helps
>
> Greetz mIke
>
> Michael Lang System Engineer
> Jackal-net.at Tel: +43 664 12 42 947
> Austria, Europe Fax: +43
> 1 734 82 34
> http://www.jackal-net.at michael DOT lang AT jackal-net DOT at
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Caswell [mailto:stevencaswell AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:51 PM
> To: Michael Lang
> Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: Strange Crond behavior
>
> Michael, I'm having the same problem you are having, mine on
> XP Professional. Did you have to do anything special to the
> SYSTEM user or any of the Unix security files to get this to
> work? I've tried the exact command you used below and I still
> get the problem.
>
> TIA.
>
>
> Steven Caswell
> stevencaswell AT yahoo DOT com
> a.k.a Mungo Knotwise of Michel Delving
> "One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them..."
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Michael Lang
> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 4:16 PM
> > To: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)
> > Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: RE: Strange Crond behavior
> >
> >
> > Hi Larry
> >
> > Thanks for answering ... but iīve already readed the dos and
> > tried using the install steps .. I now used cygrunsrv -I cron
> > -d "Cron" -p /usr/sbin/cron -a "-D" -1 /var/log/cron.log -2
> > /var/log/cron.log for service installation. It now works ...
> > *strange* maybe the EventLog tells some more defusing
> > informations than needed.
> >
> > Thanks for your answer anyway
> >
> > Greetz mIke
> >
> > Michael Lang
System Engineer
> > Jackal-net.at Tel: +43
> 664 12 42 947
> > Austria, Europe Fax: +43
> > 1 734 82 34
> > http://www.jackal-net.at michael DOT lang AT jackal-net DOT at
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall AT rfk DOT com]
> > Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 4:39 PM
> > To: Michael Lang; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: Re: Strange Crond behavior
> >
> > At 05:47 AM 4/1/2002, Michael Lang wrote:
> > >Hello to all
> > >
> > >Sorry for bothering but I didnīt find an issue for these strange
> > >behavior of the Crond .
> > >
> > >Does someone knows why using cron as service doesn't start any
> > >scheduled tasks ? Event Error :
> > >
> > >Using /usr/sbin/cron -D
> > > > seteuid: Not owner
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> > >0x9D0 : Cygwin Process Id = 0x9D0 : (CRON) error (can't switch user
> > >context).
> >
> >
> > The problem? Looks like the same old one to me. You're not
> > running cron as SYSTEM. It seems many folks don't follow
> > directions and don't check the email archives when they have
> > a problem as a result. Read the README and follow
> > the instructions there. If you still have problems, check
> > the email archives for similar questions. There should be
> > plenty of information in these two
> > avenues to solve this issue. If not, you'll need to be more
> > specific about
> > why the standard configuration doesn't work for you.
> >
> >
> > Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com
> > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com
> > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
> > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX
> >
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