From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke) Subject: Re: date in a backgrounf task ? 10 Dec 1997 15:59:14 -0800 Message-ID: <6j$mIkBKpfB.cygnus.gnu-win32@mike.franken.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Hi Joop, [...] >> I'm trying to use "date" in a batch file, which is called by an NT service >> (Legato Networker save). Whenever the date command gets started, it sits >> there doing nothing, leaving the batch file waiting forever. Only way to >> get the batch running further is to kill date.exe from taskmanager. [...] >Looks like a rights problem to me. Programs started from services use >the 'SYSTEM' account which doesn't have much rights. Looks like you need >to create a special account and tell the service to use it. Open >control-panel/services, find your service, select it, choose 'Startup' >and change 'Logon as'. The Networker service, which runs that batch, has its own userid with all necessary permissions. >Another problem you could have is that 'date' is waiting for you to >press enter, meaning your redirection is somehow wrong. It is not the DOS or NT date, I am calling - it is that one from the Cygnus cdk, which does not need any input. And I specified the complete path when calling date.exe - so I don't think this is the problem either. Thx anyway for your answer. > >Joop Bye. Michael. -- Michael Hirmke | Telefon +49 (911) 557999 Georg-Strobel-Strasse 81 | FAX +49 (911) 557664 90489 Nuernberg | E-Mail mailto:mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de | WWW http://minimike.franken.de/ - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".