> Hello. I have installed Cygwin 1.3.9 onto a Win32 box and have discovered that > when one used the command: > > cygrunsrv -I cron -d "Cygwin_CRON" -p /usr/sbin/cron -a '-D' -e > "CYGWIN=ntsec" > cygrunsrv -S cron > > to start the cron server instance we found that certain permission issues > arise. Specifically, the permissions for the ~/cron/tab directory structure > were such that even Administrators were unable to add entries into cron. > Our immediate solution was to perform the following operations. However we > would like to know if there is a way that we could 1) not use the > "CYGWIN=ntsec" command-line parameter which would then 2) allow us to not > have to perform the following operations in order to make the directory > structure ~/cron/tab accessable to various users. > > Below is our work around for making the ~/cron/tab directory structure > accessable to various users. > > Thank you in advance for your help and assistance. > > -Jason > > In Windows Explorer, change the directory (folder) to: > ~\var\cron > Right-click on the "Tabs" directory and go to "Properties": > For Win2K: go to the: > Security tab: > <Add.> > Scroll down the list of Users and add "Administrator" > <Add> > Scroll down the list of Users and add "trendadm" > <Add> > <OK> - to add the Users > Select the "Administrator" user under Name:, then check "Full Control" > [Allow] under Permissions: > Select the "trendadm" user under Name:, then check "Full Control" [Allow] > under Permissions: > <Apply> > <OK> > For WinNT: go to the: > Security tab: > <Ownership> > <Take Ownership> > <Yes> - to "One of more of the items selected is a directory. Do you want to > replace the security information on all existing subdirectories within: > C\TREND\PerVigil\var\tabs?" > <Permissions> > Check both options of "Replace Permissions on [Subdirectories | Existing > Files] > <Add.> > <Show Users> > Scroll down the list of Users and add "Administrator" > NOTE: Not "Administrators" > <Add> > Scroll down the list of Users and add "trendadm" > <Add> > Change Type of Access: to "Full Control" > <OK> - to add the Users > <OK> > <Yes> - to "Do you want to replace the security information on all existing > subdirectories within: C\TREND\PerVigil\var\tabs?" > <OK> >
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