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Subject:	RE: Unable to run excel via cron
Date:	Tue, 23 Jun 2015 13:39:15 +0000
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I changed the cron setup to use cygserver as Corinna suggested.  I used cron-config and cygserver-config to setup the cron and cygserver services and passwd -R to establish my password.  Normal cron jobs run under this setup but Excel still hangs as it did before.  I also tried this on the Win7 PC that I thought worked at one time but it behaved the same with Excel hanging.

So it looks like Corinna's first case is the situation - there is no solution.  There apparently is something unique about Excel that will not run in this Win7 cron environment.

Denis

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Corinna Write:

Two possible solutions come to mind:

- Either there is no solution.  The reason might be that Excel is
  expecting a GUI it can't connect to.

- Or it's about the user token after switching the user context.  I
  assume you're running Excel from cron as some other user account than
  cyg_server.  Please read
  https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-setuid-overview  and try
  https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-nopasswd3


Corinna

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