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From: "Bill McCormick" <wpmccormick AT covad DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 16:21:35 -0500
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Ok, I missed the -D param. Just going from the man pages, cron takes no
params. I also didn't find any info regarding running cron as a service in
the /usr/doc's. So, as always, it's the littlest things that bite.

Any idea regarding my previous post about ImageMagick?

thanks mucho,

Bill

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> Of Bowden, Todd
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:21 PM
> To: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
> Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
>
>
> You have to install it as a service in order to see in from a Windows
> perspective.
>
> cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> Cygrunsrv -S cron
>
> net start | grep -i cron
>
> I see it in my Services.  Why wouldn't you see it in yours
>
> The doc /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README tells you how to install it.
>
> Todd C. Bowden
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill McCormick [mailto:wpmccormick AT covad DOT net]
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 3:12 PM
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
>
>
> Oops ... my bad.
>
> It's running; it's just not displayed as running as a service to
> windows. ps
> -x -f shows the grand truth. That being the case, doesn't cron startup
> really belong in rc.local? Umm ... does rc.local even get called on system
> boot?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On
> > Behalf Of Vince Hoffman
> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 11:10 AM
> > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
> >
> >
> > Opps thought from your previous message you already knew or i would
> > have said. the easiest way is the "at" trick, from a command line,type
> > "at \\yourcomputername 15:49 /interactive cmd.exe"
> > this will give you a cmd shell running as SYSTEM. from there cd to your
> > cygwin\bin directory and type "bash --login -i" which will give
> you a bash
> > shell running as SYSTEM.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bill McCormick [mailto:wpmccormick AT covad DOT net]
> > > Sent: 21 July 2003 16:41
> > > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > > Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
> > >
> > >
> > > How do I run a prog as localsystem?
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> > > > Of Vince Hoffman
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 9:38 AM
> > > > To: 'wpmccormick AT covad DOT net'; 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
> > > > Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Bill,
> > > > 	Off hand there are a few things to try, but Mark Harig
> > > on the cygwin
> > > > list seems pretty up on cron, and has a script which will
> > > diagnose common
> > > > problems, heres a link to a message which has it attached,
> > > > <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-06/msg01022.html>
> > > >
> > > > 	You'll do better keeping messages on list as theres a
> > > whole lot more
> > > > experience out there than I have. One thing you could try
> > > is running cron
> > > > manualy from the command line as localsystem and seeing if you get
> > > > any clues in the output. (appologys if you have and i missed that
> > > > message.)
> > > >
> > > > Vince
> > > > ps. the output of cygcheck -s -v -r as an uncompressed attachment
> > > > might help too.
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Bill McCormick [mailto:wpmccormick AT covad DOT net]
> > > > > Sent: 21 July 2003 15:18
> > > > > To: Vince Hoffman
> > > > > Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks Vince,
> > > > >
> > > > > Nothing in cron.log (file created but empty) and mount is
> > > > > system. Any other ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Bill
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
> > > > > [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com]On Behalf
> > > > > > Of Vince Hoffman
> > > > > > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2003 4:08 AM
> > > > > > To: 'wpmccormick AT covad DOT net'; Cygwin
> > > > > > Subject: RE: problem starting cron as a service
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > anything in /var/log/cron.log ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > and are you mounts system or user ?
> > > > > > ie.
> > > > > > $ mount |grep "/ type system"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > should give something like
> > > > > >
> > > > > > h:\cygwin on / type system (binmode)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: Bill McCormick [mailto:wpmccormick AT covad DOT net]
> > > > > > > Sent: 21 July 2003 08:25
> > > > > > > To: Cygwin
> > > > > > > Subject: problem starting cron as a service
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I get this in the win app error log:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Event Type:	Error
> > > > > > > Event Source:	cron
> > > > > > > Event Category:	None
> > > > > > > Event ID:	0
> > > > > > > Date:		7/21/2003
> > > > > > > Time:		2:14:08 AM
> > > > > > > User:		BILLHOME\Administrator
> > > > > > > Computer:	BILLHOME
> > > > > > > Description:
> > > > > > > The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( 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. The
> > > > > following
> > > > > > > information is part of the event: cron : PID 2276 : starting
> > > > > > > service `cron'
> > > > > > > failed: execv: 0, No error.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > While trying to start the service as Administrator (or from
> > > > > > > LocalSytems account). I rm'd /var/run/cron.pid and
> > > > > > > /var/log/cron.log before trying to
> > > > > > > start.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks
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