X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <48405644.302@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 15:32:20 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Lightning/0.8 Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin Cron not running References: <4840061D DOT 311D DOT 000D DOT 0 AT Harford DOT edu> <484042B2 DOT 59D8C909 AT dessent DOT net> <48401475 DOT 311D DOT 000D DOT 0 AT Harford DOT edu> In-Reply-To: <48401475.311D.000D.0@Harford.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Jonathan O'Leary wrote: > Thanks for the info, however, I'm a bit confused. In cronbug it states > that the permissions are: > > -rwxrwx--- 1 lumcon mkgroup-l-d 244 May 30 14:45 /var/cron/tabs/lumcon > > However, when I run a ls -al I get: > > -rw-r--r-- 1 lumcon mkgroup-l-d 244 May 30 14:45 /var/cron/tabs/lumcon > > How/why are they different? And how can I change the permissions of this > file to get them correct? I'm not familiar with how chmod works in cygwin, > because using the 3 numbers as in unix does not work. Define "does not work". Sounds to me like you could have some look-alike versions of your tools around. What does 'which ls' say? What does 'which chmod' say? Perhaps you could show us this followed by calling 'chmod'? -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/