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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:36:24 +0000
From: Barry Kelly <barry DOT j DOT kelly AT gmail DOT com>
Reply-To: Barry Kelly <barry DOT j DOT kelly AT gmail DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2
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I'm getting the following error when trying to install a crontab on my account:

$ crontab -e
# editing my crontab here...
chown: Invalid argument

I've tried updating my passwd (I live on a Win2K server domain) file
in case it was out of date or missing local users (vs domain users),
using

$ mkpasswd -d -l -g > /etc/passwd

In case it makes a difference, my home directory does not correspond
to my username, so I edited the passwd file just after running
mkpasswd. However, I still get the same problem. I've tried fiddling
with the ownership of /var/cron/tabs in case that was a problem, but I
then got "access denied" errors, so I backed off.

Cron is currently running on my system, and was installed with:

~$ cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron.exe -a -D

I stopped and started it again after changing /etc/passwd. Process
Explorer tells me cron is running under the local SYSTEM account.

I've run 'strace crontab saved' and inspected the output; the chown
syscall is returning -1, but it doesn't seem to give me any more
information.

Any ideas?

-- Barry

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