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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 18:06:32 -0400
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From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: permission problems (and more)
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At 05:24 PM 4/26/2004, you wrote:
>--- Larry Hall wrote:
>> At 04:43 PM 4/14/2004, you wrote:
>> >The cron service failed to start due to the following error: 
>> >Access is denied.
>> 
>> <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-03/msg00379.html>
>
>OK, let's just start with cron (ignoring the ssh
>problem for the moment.


OK.



>$ ./cron_diagnose.sh
>cron_diagnose.sh 1.5
>
>This script did not find any errors in your crontab setup.
>If you are still unable to get cron to work, then try
>shutting down the cron service, uninstalling it,
>reinstalling it, and restarting it.
>
>The following commands will do that:
>  $ cygrunsrv --stop cron
>  $ cygrunsrv --remove cron
>  $ cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
>  $ cygrunsrv --start cron
>
>If none of this fixes the problem, then report your problem
>to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com.  Please include a copy of your crontab,
>('crontab -l') and the output of 'cygcheck -srv > cygcheck.txt'.
>
>Please include the generated files 'cygcheck.txt' *as an attachment*,
>and NOT in the body of the mail message.
>
>$ cygrunsrv --stop cron
>
>$ cygrunsrv --remove cron
>
>$ cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
>
>$ cygrunsrv --start cron
>cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: StartService:  Win32 error 5:
>Access is denied.
>
>$ crontab -l
>Tom


OK, first check the output of /var/log/cron.log.  If that doesn't clarify 
the situation for you, send it and the output of 'ls -Rl /var' to the list.



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