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Subject: permission denied errors in script run by cron
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 11:45:21 -0700
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Hi,

I'm trying to do automated backups with a cron job in cygwin and am
running into permissions issues.  (I'm using XP Pro). 

When I run this command from the shell, it works fine -- no errors:

/bin/cp -uvdR  My\ Documents/ /f/Documents\ and\ Settings/Matt/

However, when run from my crontab:

40 11 * * * /home/Matt/backup >> /home/Matt/backup.log 2>&1

it fails with errors like this:

`My Documents/Dev/Spectrum/spectrum notes.txt' -> `/f/Documents and
Settings/Matt/My Documents/Dev/Spectrum/spectrum notes.txt'
/bin/cp: cannot open `My Documents/Dev/Spectrum/spectrum notes.txt'
for reading: Permission denied

If I include a /bin/whomai command in the backup script hit by cron, I
get, as expected my username "Matt".

I've tried a number of permissions settings on both the source and
target directories, but none seem to help.  Right now, they are set
like this:

-rwxrwxrwx  1 Matt SYSTEM 3.0K Oct 29 01:17 spectrum notes.txt

These directories are also set to allow Full Control to "Everyone"
using the XP Pro Security dialog.

How can I set these permissions correctly (or get cron to run my
script with the same context as it does when it works correctly from
the command line)?

Thanks much,
Matt


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