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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 10:55:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Jan-Peter Koopmann <Jan-Peter DOT Koopmann AT seceidos DOT de>
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Subject: Re: cron not working on 2003 Server
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On Fri, 11 Apr 2003, Jan-Peter Koopmann wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have several working cygwin installations but this problem is new
> to me. My cron is not working at all. Just as if the service was not
> running. Here is the crontab -l output:
>
> PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
> SHELL=/bin/sh
> MAILTO=root
>
> *       *       *       *       *       /usr/bin/echo bla > /home/Administrator/fasel.txt
>
> In /etc/passwd I renamed Administrator to root. Of course fasel.txt
> is never created. That would have been to easy. Cron is installed as
> a Windows Service and is running under SYSTEM. /home/Administrator is
> linked to /home/root
>
> /var/log/cron.log is not showing anything interesting:
> [3996] cron started
> [3600] cron started
> [3276] cron started
>
> One thing is funny though. Cron.log states the pid is 3276 but a ps
> - -efW | grep cron yields
>
> #       0    1516       0   ?  14:20:15 C:\cygwin\usr\sbin\cron.exe
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Regards,
>   JP

JP,

Quoting from the Cygwin homepage:

    The Cygwin DLL works with all non-beta, non "release candidate", ix86
    versions of Windows since Windows 95, with the exception of Windows CE.

AFAIK, Server 2003 is still beta.  Thus, you'll need to debug your problem
yourself (or supply Corinna with a Server 2003 machine -- I believe she's
expressed her willingness to debug Server 2003-related problems on that
condition).

FWIW, the FAQ (<http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.html#SEC2>) doesn't mention
non-beta, so it's easy to get confused...  Should the FAQ be updated?
	Igor
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