Mail Archives: cygwin/2005/10/29/14:45:41
Hi,
I'm trying to do automated backups with a cron job in cygwin and am
running into permissions issues. (I'm using XP Pro).
When I run this command from the shell, it works fine -- no errors:
/bin/cp -uvdR My\ Documents/ /f/Documents\ and\ Settings/Matt/
However, when run from my crontab:
40 11 * * * /home/Matt/backup >> /home/Matt/backup.log 2>&1
it fails with errors like this:
`My Documents/Dev/Spectrum/spectrum notes.txt' -> `/f/Documents and
Settings/Matt/My Documents/Dev/Spectrum/spectrum notes.txt'
/bin/cp: cannot open `My Documents/Dev/Spectrum/spectrum notes.txt'
for reading: Permission denied
If I include a /bin/whomai command in the backup script hit by cron, I
get, as expected my username "Matt".
I've tried a number of permissions settings on both the source and
target directories, but none seem to help. Right now, they are set
like this:
-rwxrwxrwx 1 Matt SYSTEM 3.0K Oct 29 01:17 spectrum notes.txt
These directories are also set to allow Full Control to "Everyone"
using the XP Pro Security dialog.
How can I set these permissions correctly (or get cron to run my
script with the same context as it does when it works correctly from
the command line)?
Thanks much,
Matt
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