Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.1.0.6.0.20041028210009.041b5d38@pop.prospeed.net> X-Sender: Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:04:29 -0400 To: Robert Pollard , Cygwin From: Larry Hall Subject: Re: cron won't execute tasks In-Reply-To: <9F0386F4-2940-11D9-A394-000A957A7EA8@apple.com> References: <9F0386F4-2940-11D9-A394-000A957A7EA8@apple.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 08:22 PM 10/28/2004, you wrote: >Hello all, > >This problem is driving me insane (I don't have far to go ;-). > >Configuration: >Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition, quad processor, 12 GB RAM. Just downloaded Cygwin a few days ago. So, it should be the latest. > >The possible root cause: >BTW, I am trying to run cron as a service. >Our IT person installed Cygwin under a domain account. Cron would run every minute but wouldn't switch user context. So, I had him re-install Cygwin under a new local account that was assigned to the Windows Administrators group. In addition to what Igor said, make sure you've read '/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README'. 'crond' won't be able to switch users if your service isn't run as SYSTEM. Running it as a member of the Domain Users and/or Administrators is of no value/use. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/