X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:31:08 -0600 From: Mike Brown To: cygwin mail list Subject: cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config Message-ID: <20111216203108.GE14806@mrvideo.vidiot.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) 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 I desperately need to get this fixed as I will be leaving for a trip on the 20th and have some cron stuff to run while I am gone. I ran cron-diagnose.sh, which now runs the cron-config, and changed from just-me to local system and that still didn't fix the problem. A ps -eaf shows that cron is now UID SYSTEM and not 0. But that did not make a difference. I set up the following entry in my crontab: 12 14 * * * touch /tmp/crontest The time came and went and no zero length file showed up. Running cronevents, the list had the following error line: 2011/12/16 14:12:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 2524: (Vidiot) WRONG FILE OWNER (tabs/Vidiot) Which file is it exactly complaining about? My crontab file, which worked under 1.5? What is needed to fix it? Where is the crontab file placed? Please, time is critical. Thanks MB -- e-mail: vidiot AT vidiot DOT com | vidiot AT vidiot DOT net /~\ The ASCII [I've been to Earth. I know where it is. ] \ / Ribbon Campaign [And I'm gonna take us there. Starbuck 3/25/07] X Against Visit - URL: http://vidiot.com/ | http://vidiot.net/ / \ HTML Email -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple