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Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:52:58 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Different Result using ps -efW (Manual & Cron)
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On Jun 20 01:22, Jun Iriola wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I made a simple script that should detect if a certain service is running or not.  Said script will run via cron.
> 
> When I tested it and executed it manually in the command prompt, it list all Cygwin and Windows processes. But when I put it in cron, the number of services detected were not the same. Account used is the same during manual execution and also on cron.
> 
> To get the list of services, I use this command /usr/bin/ps -efW.
> 
> Do you have any idea why such behavior?  Help is very much appreciated.  Thanks.

It's probably related to your user token's permissions.  See
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-setuid-overview
Try using method 3, it should give full, equivalent access as in
interactive mode.


Corinna

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