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Subject:  Re: Event viewer application error?
Date:  Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:16:43 -0400
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Larry Hall (Cygwin) presented the following explanation :
> Kevin M wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I'm getting this error.
>>>
>> /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for 
>> details. The following information is part of the event: /usr/sbin/cron: 
>> PID 2784: (CRON) error (can't switch user context).
>>>
>> I checked and found something that said to add execute permsisions to the 
>> cygwin1.dll and give permissions to /etc/cron.d. This has not worked if 
>> anybody has any ideas I would apprcieate it. I have no idea where to put 
>> the /AUXSOURCE= flag and also don't know what value it is looking for.
>
> This would be helpful:
>
>> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
>
> Or at least who the 'cron' service is running as.  My guess is that when you
> installed cron, you chose to run it as yourself or some other unprivileged
> (including 'Administrator') user.  Windows services cannot switch user
> contexts unless they use a special privileged account (SYSTEM on XP or older
> systems).  That's why you get the message.  The solution?  Reinstall it and
> let it run under a privileged account.


Hello,

After all of my struggles getting this to work I have finally got it. 
What I did was chmod all of the files in my cywin install and took 
ownership with the same domain admin account that cron is using and it 
worked!

Kevin M (A true work in progress!)




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