X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org From: "Dave Korn" To: References: <45B545C3 DOT DF70C019 AT dessent DOT net><17845 DOT 36409 DOT 265000 DOT 733500 AT sanofi-aventis DOT com><00ff01c73f0a$cb1c7090$a501a8c0 AT CAM DOT ARTIMI DOT COM> <17848 DOT 61635 DOT 141000 DOT 229307 AT alum DOT mit DOT edu> Subject: RE: Can't start cron daemon in Cygwin 1.5.23 under WinXP SP2 Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:17:52 -0000 Message-ID: <001901c740b5$82d20a50$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <17848.61635.141000.229307@alum.mit.edu> Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On 25 January 2007 18:03, Steve Rowley wrote: >> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:23:19 -0000 >> From: "Dave Korn" >> >> Seems like you don't have a valid /etc/groups file. You should fix that >> first. > > My /etc/group file was made by: > > >$ mkgroup -lc >/etc/group > > Here are its current contents; if you can spot anything wrong, I'd be > pleased to hear it. Perhaps I suffer from myopia due to staring at > this all too long: > > >SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18: > >None:S-1-5-21-473916646-3257906905-3362627345-513:513: > >Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544: > >Backup Operators:S-1-5-32-551:551: > >Guests:S-1-5-32-546:546: > >Network Configuration Operators:S-1-5-32-556:556: > >Power Users:S-1-5-32-547:547: > >Remote Desktop Users:S-1-5-32-555:555: > >Replicator:S-1-5-32-552:552: > >Users:S-1-5-32-545:545: > >Debugger Users:S-1-5-21-473916646-3257906905-3362627345-1004:1004: > >HelpServicesGroup:S-1-5-21-473916646-3257906905-3362627345-1001:1001: > >mkgroup_l_d:S-1-5-32-545:10545: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ You are in a domain and you didn't use the -d option, hence the following output in your cygcheck: > 10545(mkgroup_l_d) This could perhaps lead to cygwin getting confused about permissions. >> Got any/and/or/all of: Agnitum outpost firewall, Kerio personal firewall, >> Logitech web camera, or anything by Norton/Mcaffee/Symantec? > > I have Symantec AntiVirus, but none of the others you mention. > Symantec AntiVirus I can't mess with, since it's installed in a > nonmodifiable way by an IT department. Does it have any "anti-spyware" or "suspicious behaviour blocking" features? > However, since you suggested it, I checked the Symantec logs and it > hasn't fired on anything for several weeks, which is how old this > computer is. So it seems unlikely to be Symantec, no? Doesn't prove anything; it can easily mess up cygwin without thinking cygwin is a virus, it's just that the checking mechanisms are so crude and disruptive they can easily break applications. > However, see previous reply to Pierre in which it turned out that > Microsoft's Windows Defender was strangling cygrunsrv. That was a > definite problem, but when I uninstalled Windows Defender the > underlying problem still remained. Definitely looks to me like > something is preventing cygrunsrv from forking a process... Symantec could /also/ be causing it. Also, I notice you didn't mention any firewall at all? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/