Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/07/21/11:41:55
How do I run a prog as localsystem?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Vince Hoffman
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:38 AM
> To: 'wpmccormick AT covad DOT net'; 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
> Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
>
>
> Hi Bill,
> Off hand there are a few things to try, but Mark Harig on the cygwin
> list seems pretty up on cron, and has a script which will diagnose common
> problems, heres a link to a message which has it attached,
> <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-06/msg01022.html>
>
> You'll do better keeping messages on list as theres a whole lot more
> experience out there than I have. One thing you could try is running cron
> manualy from the command line as localsystem and seeing if you
> get any clues
> in the output. (appologys if you have and i missed that message.)
>
> Vince
> ps. the output of cygcheck -s -v -r as an uncompressed attachment
> might help
> too.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill McCormick [mailto:wpmccormick AT covad DOT net]
> > Sent: 21 July 2003 15:18
> > To: Vince Hoffman
> > Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
> >
> >
> > Thanks Vince,
> >
> > Nothing in cron.log (file created but empty) and mount is
> > system. Any other
> > ideas?
> >
> >
> > Bill
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> > > Of Vince Hoffman
> > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 4:08 AM
> > > To: 'wpmccormick AT covad DOT net'; Cygwin
> > > Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
> > >
> > >
> > > anything in /var/log/cron.log ?
> > >
> > > and are you mounts system or user ?
> > > ie.
> > > $ mount |grep "/ type system"
> > >
> > > should give something like
> > >
> > > h:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Bill McCormick [mailto:wpmccormick AT covad DOT net]
> > > > Sent: 21 July 2003 08:25
> > > > To: Cygwin
> > > > Subject: problem starting cron as a service
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I get this in the win app error log:
> > > >
> > > > Event Type: Error
> > > > Event Source: cron
> > > > Event Category: None
> > > > Event ID: 0
> > > > Date: 7/21/2003
> > > > Time: 2:14:08 AM
> > > > User: BILLHOME\Administrator
> > > > Computer: BILLHOME
> > > > Description:
> > > > The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( cron ) cannot
> > > > be found. The
> > > > local computer may not have the necessary registry
> > > > information or message
> > > > DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The
> > following
> > > > information is part of the event: cron : PID 2276 : starting
> > > > service `cron'
> > > > failed: execv: 0, No error.
> > > >
> > > > While trying to start the service as Administrator (or from
> > > > LocalSytems
> > > > account). I rm'd /var/run/cron.pid and /var/log/cron.log
> > > > before trying to
> > > > start.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
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