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Subject: RE: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 18:33:57 -0500
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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
> 

Please run this diagnostic script.  It will attempt to locate
many types of common problems with cron on cygwin.

http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-07/msg00207.html

Please read the output of the script carefully.  If it finds
problems, it suggests possible fixes, and it will also recommend
steps to take if it is unable to detect any problems

For what it is worth, crond is working on both Win2K and WinXP for me.

> 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 in case it was out of date or missing local users (vs domain users),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
> 

The following commands should give you a simple, and possibly valid,
password file:

  $ mv /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.save
  $ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
  $ mkpasswd -d -u [your Windows user ID] >> /etc/passwd

You would edit your entry then if you wanted to change your login
shell, home directory, group, etc.

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