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Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 15:56:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Barry Kelly <barry DOT j DOT kelly AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with installing crontab on Cygwin(1.5.11/1005.11.0.0)/WinXP SP2
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On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Barry Kelly wrote:

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 in case it was out of date or missing local users (vs domain users),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

Check your /etc/group...
	Igor
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