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Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:43:26 +0100 (BST)
From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Bella?= <lau_bella AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Run cron - echo $HOME does not give home directory - still not work
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Hi,

Actually, use can logon and run cron smoothly. I think
the /etc/passwd is not problem. However, user still
cannot get his home directory when "echo $HOME" in
running cron, the cron output file give /cygdrive/c.

I read the README in /usr/doc/cron. I set /etc/passwd
and /var (& its directory) to 777 mode. 

I think the cron has not read /etc/passwd, is it ?
Any suggestion ?

bella

 --- "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
wrote: > At 09:39 AM 5/22/2002, B wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I used Cygwin 1.3.10 in w2k server. When a user run
> >cron, the home 
> >directory is /cygdrive/f/home/user e.g,
> >
> >16 * * * * echo $HOME >
> /cygdrive/f/home/user/testfile
> >
> >in testfile, the output:
> >
> >/cygdrive/c
> >
> >In another w2k server, i also install Cygwin
> 1.3.10,
> >user also run the 
> >above cron, also with home directory /cygdrive/f
> >
> >the testfile give,
> >
> >/cygdrive/f/home/user
> >
> >I used the same setting in Cygwin for the above two
> >servers. Any idea ?
> 
> 
> 
>  From /usr/doc/cron/FEATURES:
> 
> --      Environment variables can be set in each
> crontab.  SHELL, USER,
>          LOGNAME, and HOME are set from the user's
> passwd entry; all except
>          USER can be changed in the crontab.  
> 
> So you should start by making sure your /etc/passwd
> and /etc/group files 
> are properly set.  You should also review all the
> cron documentation in 
> /usr/doc/cron and /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README.
> 
> 
> 
> Larry Hall                             
> lhall AT rfk DOT com
> RFK Partners, Inc.                     
> http://www.rfk.com
> 838 Washington Street                   (508)
> 893-9779 - RFK Office
> Holliston, MA 01746                     (508)
> 893-9889 - FAX
>  

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