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 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: zzapper Subject: Re: Chronic Cron - cyg.txt (0/1) Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 19:04:36 +0000 Lines: 82 Message-ID: References: <0plsrvk55ch8chmvdrgmp2a9i2ni4mhd22 AT 4ax DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet AT sea DOT gmane DOT org X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) > >David, > >When you get error 1062, there's usually also some output in the Windows >Event log. See if there's anything from the cron service? If there is, >it's probably significant. > >What are the problems (errors) when running cron from the prompt? > >Also, there shouldn't be any need to point this out, but where is the >"cygcheck -svr" output as requested in ? > Igor Igor I get two Information Events in Win Event Viewer & one Error ( see below) when I try a start. I also attach my cygcheck -svr" output (Humbly accept mild reproach for not sending this in original post ) Thanks for your interest & time. Event Type: Information Event Source: cron Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 21/11/2003 Time: 18:59:05 User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: DELL25 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. 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: cron : PID 1912 : `cron' service stopped. Event Type: Error Event Source: cron Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 21/11/2003 Time: 18:59:05 User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: DELL25 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. 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: cron : PID 1912 : starting service `cron' failed: execv: 1, Operation not permitted. Event Type: Information Event Source: /usr/sbin/cron Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 21/11/2003 Time: 18:59:04 User: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM Computer: DELL25 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 2920 : (CRON) OPENDIR FAILED (/etc/cron.d). zzapper -- vim -c ":%s/^/WhfgTNabgureRIvzSUnpxre/|:%s/[R-T]/ /Ig|:normal ggVGg?" http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305 Best of Vim Tips -- 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/