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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:14:03 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: David Byron <DByron AT everdreamcorp DOT com>
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Subject: Re: event logging -- cron
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On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, David Byron wrote:

> I'm trying to understand/remove an informational event I see in the
> application event log on WinXP.  It's below.  The previous log entry is from
> sSMTP and indicates that the mail was sent.  And, it really was sent.  I
> receive it just fine.
>
> My questions are:
>
> - How can I get the "The description...cannot be found" part of the message
> to disappear?  Am I missing a DLL or do I have a busted path?  sSMTP, cron,
> and init all do this, as do some non-cygwin apps.  Some apps don't have this
> 'problem' though.  I've looked at
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechn
> ol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/server/sag_EVtroubleshooting.asp
>
> but this doesn't seem particularly relevant.
>
> - Anyone know why cron is logging this?  I've built it from source and am
> ready to start diving in, but I wanted to fix the first problem first.
> cron_pclose() is the culprit, but I'm not sure why.
>
> Output of cygcheck -s -v -r attached.  cron is version 3.0.1-7.
>
> Thanks much.
>
> -DB
>
> Event Type:     Information
> Event Source:   /usr/sbin/cron
> Event Category: None
> Event ID:       0
> Date:           4/7/2003
> Time:           10:11:00 AM
> User:           NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
> Computer:       DBYRON
> Description:
> 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. You may be
> able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
> Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
> /usr/sbin/cron : PID 3132 : (DByron) MAIL (mailed 20 bytes of output but got
> status 0xffffffff
> ).

David,

<http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-03/msg01087.html> might help clear
things up.
	Igor
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