Hi, Sorry that I have common question on cron. I got cron error : can't switch user context. I have tried the following suggestion in mail list:
1. remove cron and install as SYSTEM $rm -Rf /var/cron $cygrunsrv -E cron $cygrunsrv -R cron $cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e CYGWIN="tty ntsec" $cygrunsrv -S cron The process is running by SYSTEM 2. All files directory under /var are mode = 777; mode of /usr/sbin/cron = 755 ; mode of /etc/group and /etc/passwd = 644 3. $mkgroup -ld > /etc/group $mkpasswd -ld > /etc/passwd the server installed cygwin is in domain ( but not domain controller), i must use domain user to login and run crontab -e . Thus i used "-ld" in making passwd and group file. 4. I tested that Domain administrator can use cron job properly. I used cygwin version 1.3.3 in w2k SP2 Advanced server. I know that a new cygwin version is released. However, as my system is in production now, i cannot upgrade the cygwin to the most update version. Or can i only upgrade the cron tool ? Thanks a lot ! ikbea __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
