Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <768B9AAAE64FD5118E2600B0D022BFDB04496C@HOMEPLATE> From: Lou Rayman To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: cron problems Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 11:48:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I get the following error in my event log from cron: >> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /USR/SBIN/CRON ) could not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): >> /USR/SBIN/CRON : Win32 Process Id = 0x198 : Cygwin Process Id = 0x198 : (CRON) error (can't switch user context). the crontab that causes this is very innocuous: >> bash-2.05$ crontab -l >> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. >> # (/tmp/crontab.377 installed on Wed Oct 31 11:29:22 2001) >> # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.5 2001/07/09 09:46:25 corinna Exp $) >> MAILTO=lrayman AT redtop DOT com >> 0-59/5 * * * * ls -l cron is set to run in the system account what do I do? p.s. is there a place where stuff like this is documented? -- Lou Rayman lrayman AT redtop DOT com Senior Engineer www.redtop.com The Redtop Company, LLC -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/