Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/05/23/13:27:46
Chuck,
The "id" output below indicates that your /etc/passwd and /etc/group are,
in fact, *not* up to date (if they are present at all). Please read
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#NTSEC-RELEASE1.3.20>, and
update your /etc/passwd and /etc/group. I suspect this should fix your
chown problem.
Igor
On Fri, 23 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote:
> Here is the output from cyhcheck -svr:
>
> $ cygcheck -svr
>
> Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
> Current System Time: Fri May 23 13:02:38 2003
>
> Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3
> [snip]
>
> d:\cygwin\bin\id.exe output (nontsec)
> UID: 400(isscha) GID: 401(mkpasswd)
> 401(mkpasswd)
>
> d:\cygwin\bin\id.exe output (ntsec)
> UID: 400(isscha) GID: 401(mkpasswd)
> 401(mkpasswd)
>
> [snip]
>
> > Chuck,
> >
> > Are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files up to date? The output of
> > "cygcheck -svr" (*attached*, as per <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>)
> > should show whether this is the case.
> > Igor
> >
> > On Fri, 23 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote:
> >
> > > Didn't even know I was addressing a mailing list. I posted originally to
> a
> > > newsgroup. Anyway, here's the output.
> > >
> > > $ crontab -l
> > > no crontab for isscha
> > >
> > > As I said in a previous post I haven't been able to create a crontab.
> When I
> > > try I get a permissions error. See below.
> > >
> > > $ cat /tmp/crontab.1448
> > > 50 8 * * * ~isscha/bin/test.sh
> > >
> > > $ crontab /tmp/crontab.1448
> > > chown: Invalid argument
> > > $
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Harig, Mark A.
> > > To: Chuck Hamilton
> > > Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:43 PM
> > > Subject: RE: crontab error
> > >
> > >
> > > Please address all replies to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com.
> > >
> > > Please send to the mailing list the following as attachments:
> > >
> > > 1. The output of 'crontab -l' ("ell", not "one")
> > >
> > > 2. The output of 'cygcheck -srv > cygcheck.txt'
> > >
> > > This information will help readers of the mailing list to
> > > diagnose the problem that you are having.
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Chuck Hamilton [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:13 PM
> > > To: Harig, Mark
> > > Subject: Re: crontab error
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's what I get...
> > >
> > > Your computer does not appear to have a crontab for isscha.
> > > Please generate a crontab for isscha using 'crontab -e',
> > > and run this script again.
> > >
> > > So I again try to generate a crontab with just a comment line in it and
> get
> > > this...
> > >
> > > $ crontab -e
> > > crontab: installing new crontab
> > > chown: Invalid argument
> > > crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.1660
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Harig, Mark A." <maharig AT idirect DOT net>
> > > To: "Chuck" <chuckh AT softhome DOT net>; <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:06 PM
> > > Subject: RE: crontab error
> > >
> > >
> > > Please run the attached script.
> > > It will check some file permissions
> > > and other details that need to be
> > > set up properly in order for cron to
> > > work. It does NOT change anything
> > > on your computer, but only diagnoses.
> > > You may need to run it several times
> > > until it completes successfully (it
> > > will stop any time it finds a problem
> > > and report to you what problem needs
> > > to be corrected).
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Chuck [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:27 AM
> > > > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > > > Subject: crontab error
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I need a little help getting cron to work. My apologies if
> > > > this is answered
> > > > somewhere else but I haven't been able to find it.
> > > >
> > > > I've installed cron as a win2k service using "cygrunsrv -I cron -p
> > > > /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -d "Cygwin cron" -e "CYGWIN=tty ntsec" "
> > > > as suggested
> > > > in another post. When I try to start the service I get "Could
> > > > not start the
> > > > cygwin cron service on local computer. The service did not
> > > > return an error.
> > > > This could be an internal Windows error or an internal service error."
> > > >
> > > > When I try to create a crontab file with "crontab -e" and
> > > > save it I get the
> > > > following error "chown: Invalid argument".
> > > >
> > > > What do I need to do to fix these?
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