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Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 09:52:55 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: crontab: can't obtain passwd entry
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In-Reply-To: <3B090405.B1D2BE14@lightbridge.com>; from lbohm@lightbridge.com on Mon, May 21, 2001 at 08:03:18AM -0400

On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 08:03:18AM -0400, Louis Bohm wrote:
> I am getting the above when trying to run corncob -e.  The manage

When crontab is started it tries to get your /etc/passwd entry.
There is none. Fix your /etc/passwd (mkpasswd).

Corinna

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