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Subject: RE: cron issue
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 11:49:40 -0400
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Some steps you could try:

1. Run 'cygcheck -l cron' to list the files included in the
   'cron' package.  (This is a general recommendation for
   any Cygwin package.)

2. Read the file /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README to get
   some Cygwin-specific instructions about 'cron', including
   the use of 'ssmtp' as a replacement for 'sendmail'.

3. Run '/usr/bin/cron_diagnose.sh' to see whether it can
   identify any problems with your cron setup.


-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com [mailto:cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com] On Behalf Of Nelson Pereira
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:36 AM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: cron issue

You had to install Sendmail to do this right?

How did you do that? Did you follow a howto article or dsomething?
I need to install sendmail also but from what I have read, sendmail doesn't work on cygwin...

I get this:

The owner and the Administrators need
to have ..x permission to /usr/sbin/sendmail.
Here are the current permissions:
ls: /usr/sbin/sendmail: No such file or directory

Any help you can provide to help me install sendmail would be greatly appreciated

Regards,
 
NPEreira

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I've configured cron using cron-config running as a service with the SERVICE account and as a service with myself.  Initially, I created a crontab to run an rsync backup, which never initiated.  I then opted for something simple and obvious, sending the date to a file.  I've attached my log, crontab and the cygcheck. 


I've verified that the service is running (under XP) and that cron is running. 


____________
Roger Davies
PeopleSoft HRMS
970.506.7750



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