Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [63.149.193.252] From: "Craig Rees" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Cron v3.0.1-5 setup issue w/ Cygwin v1.3.6 Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 11:21:21 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 01 Feb 2002 17:21:21.0898 (UTC) FILETIME=[DE4FC4A0:01C1AB44] Hey Cron Experts, I using Cygwin version: CYGWIN_NT-5.0 PVLCRAIGR 1.3.6(0.47/3/2) 2001-12-08 17:02 i686 unknown and I'm trying to get Cron running on 3 machines, WinNT w/ SP6 and Win2K, but having pretty much the same problem on all. Cron runs, but fails to launch the crontab processes. Looks like a configuration issue, but with what? I can get the service running just fine by using the following: cygrunsrv -I cron -d "Cygwin CRON" -p /usr/sbin/cron -a '-D' cygrunsrv -S cron or cygrunsrv -I "Cygwin cron" -p /usr/sbin/cron -a '-D' -e "CYGWIN=ntsec" cygrunsrv --start "Cygwin cron" NOTE: I've also tried the "-p" option with the full pathname to C:/PerVigil/usr/sbin/cron Used a simple crontab -e to add: * * * * * /usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log * * * * * echo "Hello from CRON" > /tmp/echo.log But always receive the following messages in the event viewer: 1. 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 = 0xB1 : Cygwin Process Id = 0xB1 :(trendadm) CMD (/usr/bin/date > $HOME/date.log). 2. 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 = 0xFA : Cygwin Process Id = 0xFA : (trendadm) CMD (echo "Hello from CRON"). 3. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sSMTP mail )could not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): sSMTP mail : Win32 Process Id = 0x1AA : Cygwin Process Id = 0x168 : No ssmtp.conf in /etc/ssmtp. (Now granted, I haven’t enabled the mail server yet.) 4. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sSMTP mail )could not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s): sSMTP mail : Win32 Process Id = 0x1AA : Cygwin Process Id = 0x168 : unable to locate host mailhost.. 5. The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( sSMTP mail )could not be found. It contains the following insertion string(s):sSMTP mail : Win32 Process Id = 0x1AA : Cygwin Process Id = 0x168 : can't open the smtp port (0) on mailhost.. 6. 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 = 0x1B1 : Cygwin Process Id = 0x1B1 : (trendadm) MAIL (mailed 16 bytes of output but got status 0xffffffff). I've been thru the web site and tried to read all the threads and docs, but I'm completely stumped. I know it's not an issue with finding /usr/sbin/cron. The commands by themselves run fine in Bash, however my path is: PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/system32:/cygdrive/c/WINNT:/cygdrive/c/WINNT/System32/Wbem:/cygdrive/c/Winnt/Commands:/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Sybase/Sybase Central/win32:/cygdrive/c/trend/sybase_11.9.2/ASEP:/cygdrive/c/trend/sybase_11.9.2/DLL:/cygdrive/c/trend/sybase_11.9.2/BIN:.:/cygdrive/c/TREND/TREND_4.0/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:.:/cygdrive/c/Appls/SecureCRT 3.0 My startup cygwin.bat is: @echo off C: chdir \TREND\TREND_4.0\PerVigil\bin bash --login -i /etc/passwd consists of: Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0:: SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-PVLDELL22\Administrator,S-1-5-21-15877441-981 097223-622671684-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-PVLDELL22\Guest,S-1-5-21-15877441-981097223-622671684-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash trendadm:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1001:513:trendadm,U-PVLDELL22\trendadm,S-1-5-21-15877441-981 097223-622671684-1001:/home/trendadm:/bin/bash /etc/group consist of: Everyone:S-1-1-0:0: SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18: None:S-1-5-21-15877441-981097223-622671684-513:513: Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544: Backup Operators:S-1-5-32-551:551: Guests:S-1-5-32-546:546: Power Users:S-1-5-32-547:547: Replicator:S-1-5-32-552:552: Users:S-1-5-32-545:545: Any ideas or suggestions. Thanks very much. - - -CraigRees PerVigil, Inc. 972-238-5885 craig DOT rees AT pervigil DOT com _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- 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/