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Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:24:07 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: Cygwin List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Cc: "Ryan T. Sammartino" <ryants AT shaw DOT ca>
Subject: Re: cron doesn't run (was: Re: login and ssh: can't authenticate)
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	"Ryan T. Sammartino" <ryants AT shaw DOT ca>
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In-Reply-To: <20011210223528.GA10601@localhost>; from ryants@shaw.ca on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 02:35:28PM -0800

On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 02:35:28PM -0800, Ryan T. Sammartino wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 01:37:59PM -0800, Ryan T. Sammartino wrote:
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Here's a little more info from the Event Viewer.
> 
> cron says:
> 
> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /USR/SBIN/CRON ) cannot
> be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
> information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote
> computer. The following information is part of the event: /USR/SBIN/CRON
> : Win32 Process Id = 0x288 : Cygwin Process Id = 0x288 : (ryans) CMD
> (/usr/bin/echo Cron works!).
> 
> 
> and then it says:
> 
> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( /USR/SBIN/CRON ) cannot
> be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
> information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote
> computer. The following information is part of the event: /USR/SBIN/CRON
> : Win32 Process Id = 0x288 : Cygwin Process Id = 0x288 : (CRON) error
> (can't switch user context).
> 
> 
> How do I fix this "can't switch user context" error?

Dunno.  Try the various hints on this mailing list.  Is CYGWIN=ntsec?
Is your /etc/group ok?

Corinna

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