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 Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <000d01c3214d$79f825d0$644e8ca7@qvc.com> From: "Chuck Hamilton" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: Subject: Re: crontab error Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 13:04:54 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Here is the output from cyhcheck -svr: $ cygcheck -svr Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Fri May 23 13:02:38 2003 Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 Path: d:\cygwin\bin d:\cygwin\usr\sbin d:\Perl\bin c:\program files\javasoft\jre\1.3.1_04\bin d:\oracle\ora920\bin d:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.3.1\bin d:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.8\bin d:\oracle\ora817\bin d:\oracle\oem901\bin c:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.7\bin c:\WINNT\system32 c:\WINNT c:\WINNT\System32\Wbem c:\Program Files\Common Files\Attachmate Shared c:\Program Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\ d:\cygwin\cygdrive d:\cygwin\usr\home\isscha\bin d:\cygwin\bin\id.exe output (nontsec) UID: 400(isscha) GID: 401(mkpasswd) 401(mkpasswd) d:\cygwin\bin\id.exe output (ntsec) UID: 400(isscha) GID: 401(mkpasswd) 401(mkpasswd) SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32 WinDir: C:\WINNT HOME = `d:\cygwin\usr\home\isscha' ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users' APPDATA = `C:\Documents and Settings\isscha\Application Data' BMC_GLOBALC_HOME = `d:\Program Files\BMC Software\common\globalc' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = `C:\Program Files\Common Files' COMPUTERNAME = `QSD052234' COMSPEC = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' EDITOR = `vi' GC_LOCALEDIR = `d:\Program Files\BMC Software\common\globalc\locale\Windows-x86' HOMEDRIVE = `H:' HOMEPATH = `\' HOMESHARE = `\\WCHWF70\ISSCHA$' LOGONSERVER = `\\WCHWP01' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1' ORACLE_SID = `isscha' OS2LIBPATH = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;' OS = `Windows_NT' PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH' PATROL_GC_VERSION = `v3.1.1' PATROL_HOME = `d:\PROGRA~1\BMCSOF~1\PATROL~1\' PATROL_TEMP = `d:\PROGRA~1\BMCSOF~1\PATROL~1\tmp' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 6 Model 7 Stepping 3, GenuineIntel' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `6' PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0703' PROGRAMFILES = `C:\Program Files' PROMPT = `$P$G' RTSERVERS = `tcp:esmcspri:2059' SMS_LOCAL_DIR = `C:\WINNT' SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:' SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINNT' TARGET = `Windows-x86' TEMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\isscha\LOCALS~1\Temp' TERM = `cygwin' TMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\isscha\LOCALS~1\Temp' USERDOMAIN = `QVCDEV' USERNAME = `isscha' USERPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\isscha' WINDIR = `C:\WINNT' WV_GATEWAY_CFG = `D:\oracle\ora920\Apache\modplsql\cfg\wdbsvr.app' _ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = `/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000022 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = `d:\cygwin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/cygdrive/m (default) = `\\wchwt09\c$' flags = 0x0000010a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = `d:\cygwin/bin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = `d:\cygwin/lib' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options a: fd N/A N/A c: hd NTFS 5012Mb 96% CP CS UN PA FC OS d: hd NTFS 9309Mb 76% CP CS UN PA FC Client Data e: hd NTFS 3152Mb 49% CP CS UN PA FC Local Disk f: hd NTFS 2997Mb 70% CP CS UN PA FC Local Disk g: cd N/A N/A h: net NTFS 301320Mb 93% CP CS UN PA FC Home H p: net NTFS 78132Mb 82% CP CS UN PA FC EMC_Disk2 q: net NTFS 357159Mb 93% CP CS UN PA FC Common G s: net NTFS 357159Mb 93% CP CS UN PA FC Common G w: net NTFS 100442Mb 34% CP CS UN PA FC Apps F d:\cygwin / system binmode \\wchwt09\c$ /cygdrive/m system binmode d:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode d:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive Found: d:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Not Found: make Found: d:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Found: d:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe Found: c:\Program Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\tar.exe Warning: d:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe hides c:\Program Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories exe 58k 2002/05/07 d:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygbz2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/5/7 2:33 848k 2003/04/11 d:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-0.9.7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypto-0.9.7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/4/11 6:33 645k 2003/04/11 d:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypto.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/4/11 6:37 45k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:28 35k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03 76k 2003/03/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygform7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/9 15:51 28k 2003/03/22 d:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/22 17:19 19k 2003/03/22 d:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/2/19 22:05 15k 2003/03/22 d:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm_compat-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyggdbm_compat-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/22 17:22 17k 2001/06/28 d:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 23:34 20k 2002/10/10 d:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/10/10 13:28 929k 2002/06/24 d:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/24 14:24 22k 2001/12/13 d:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/12/13 4:28 28k 2002/09/20 d:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/9/19 23:13 26k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:27 20k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03 48k 2003/03/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/9 15:51 156k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:29 175k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03 226k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:17 202k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03 284k 2003/03/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/9 15:50 15k 2001/04/25 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 1:27 12k 2002/01/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel6.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 1:03 31k 2003/03/09 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/9 15:50 63k 2003/04/11 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcre.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/4/11 4:31 61k 2003/04/11 d:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcreposix.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/4/11 4:31 108k 2001/06/28 d:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 23:34 127k 2002/10/10 d:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline5.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/10/10 13:28 176k 2003/04/11 d:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-0.9.7.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssl-0.9.7.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/4/11 6:33 165k 2003/04/11 d:\cygwin\bin\cygssl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssl.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/4/11 6:37 50k 2002/03/12 d:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/3/11 23:38 948k 2003/03/18 d:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/3/18 9:20 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.22 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 78 Shared data: 3 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Tue Mar 18 09:20:11 EST 2003 CVS tag: dontuse-21 Shared id: cygwin1S3 Cygwin Package Information Last downloaded files to: d:\cygwin-packages Last downloaded files from: ftp://archive.progeny.com/cygwin Package Version _update-info-dir 00164-1 ash 20020731-1 base-files 1.3-1 base-passwd 1.1-1 bash 2.05b-9 binutils 20030307-1 bzip2 1.0.2-2 cron 3.0.1-9 crypt 1.0-1 cygrunsrv 0.96-1 cygwin 1.3.22-1 diffutils 2.8.1-1 fileutils 4.1-1 findutils 4.1.7-4 gawk 3.1.2-2 gcc 3.2-3 gcc-mingw 20020817-5 gdb 20030303-1 gdbm 1.8.0-5 gnupg 1.2.1-1 grep 2.5-1 groff 1.18.1-2 gzip 1.3.3-4 less 378-1 libbz2_1 1.0.2-2 libgdbm 1.8.0-5 libgdbm-devel 1.8.0-5 libgdbm3 1.8.3-1 libiconv2 1.8-2 libintl1 0.10.40-1 libintl2 0.11.5-1 libncurses5 5.2-1 libncurses6 5.2-8 libncurses7 5.3-1 libreadline4 4.1-2 libreadline5 4.3-2 login 1.8-1 man 1.5j-2 mc 4.6.0-2 mingw-runtime 3.0-1 mktemp 1.4-1 ncurses 5.3-1 openssl 0.9.7b-1 openssl096 0.9.6j-1 pcre 4.1-1 pdksh 5.2.14-2 pine 4.55-1 readline 4.3-2 sed 4.0.7-1 sh-utils 2.0.15-3 shutdown 1.2-2 ssmtp 2.38.7-3 tar 1.13.25-1 tcltk 20030214-1 termcap 20020930-1 terminfo 5.3-2 texinfo 4.2-4 textutils 2.0.21-1 vim 6.1.300-1 w32api 2.3-1 which 1.5-1 zlib 1.1.4-1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Pechtchanski" To: "Chuck Hamilton" Cc: Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 9:00 AM Subject: Re: crontab error > Chuck, > > Are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files up to date? The output of > "cygcheck -svr" (*attached*, as per ) > should show whether this is the case. > Igor > > On Fri, 23 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote: > > > Didn't even know I was addressing a mailing list. I posted originally to a > > newsgroup. Anyway, here's the output. > > > > $ crontab -l > > no crontab for isscha > > > > As I said in a previous post I haven't been able to create a crontab. When I > > try I get a permissions error. See below. > > > > $ cat /tmp/crontab.1448 > > 50 8 * * * ~isscha/bin/test.sh > > > > $ crontab /tmp/crontab.1448 > > chown: Invalid argument > > $ > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Harig, Mark A. > > To: Chuck Hamilton > > Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:43 PM > > Subject: RE: crontab error > > > > > > Please address all replies to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com. > > > > Please send to the mailing list the following as attachments: > > > > 1. The output of 'crontab -l' ("ell", not "one") > > > > 2. The output of 'cygcheck -srv > cygcheck.txt' > > > > This information will help readers of the mailing list to > > diagnose the problem that you are having. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chuck Hamilton [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 3:13 PM > > To: Harig, Mark > > Subject: Re: crontab error > > > > > > Here's what I get... > > > > Your computer does not appear to have a crontab for isscha. > > Please generate a crontab for isscha using 'crontab -e', > > and run this script again. > > > > So I again try to generate a crontab with just a comment line in it and get > > this... > > > > $ crontab -e > > crontab: installing new crontab > > chown: Invalid argument > > crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.1660 > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Harig, Mark A." > > To: "Chuck" ; > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 12:06 PM > > Subject: RE: crontab error > > > > > > Please run the attached script. > > It will check some file permissions > > and other details that need to be > > set up properly in order for cron to > > work. It does NOT change anything > > on your computer, but only diagnoses. > > You may need to run it several times > > until it completes successfully (it > > will stop any time it finds a problem > > and report to you what problem needs > > to be corrected). > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Chuck [mailto:chuckh AT softhome DOT net] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:27 AM > > > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > > > Subject: crontab error > > > > > > > > > I need a little help getting cron to work. My apologies if > > > this is answered > > > somewhere else but I haven't been able to find it. > > > > > > I've installed cron as a win2k service using "cygrunsrv -I cron -p > > > /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -d "Cygwin cron" -e "CYGWIN=tty ntsec" " > > > as suggested > > > in another post. When I try to start the service I get "Could > > > not start the > > > cygwin cron service on local computer. The service did not > > > return an error. > > > This could be an internal Windows error or an internal service error." > > > > > > When I try to create a crontab file with "crontab -e" and > > > save it I get the > > > following error "chown: Invalid argument". > > > > > > What do I need to do to fix these? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route > to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/