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. Regards, Jun ==================================================================== Result via manual run UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND jvi3147 5804 2192 pty2 16:12:50 /usr/bin/ps cyg_serv 4304 4844 ? 17:53:46 /usr/sbin/sshd cyg_serv 5964 4304 ? 10:16:27 /usr/sbin/sshd jvi3147 2192 5964 pty2 10:16:41 /usr/bin/bash jvi3147 5204 1 ? 11:41:02 /usr/bin/mintty jvi3147 4880 5204 pty0 11:41:02 /usr/bin/bash cyg_serv 4024 4304 ? 15:09:27 /usr/sbin/sshd cyg_serv 1652 4304 ? 09:08:35 /usr/sbin/sshd cyg_serv 2108 6088 ? 17:55:14 /usr/sbin/cron cyg_serv 4844 1 ? 17:53:46 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv cyg_serv 6088 1 ? 17:55:14 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv 0 4 0 ? Mar 28 System 0 412 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\smss.exe 0 480 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\csrss.exe 0 532 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\wininit.exe 0 608 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\services.exe 0 620 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\lsass.exe 0 628 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\lsm.exe 0 788 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 852 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 932 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 984 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 1000 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 1024 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\SLsvc.exe 0 1068 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 1128 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 1484 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 1628 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 1728 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\spoolsv.exe 0 2008 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 2020 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 300 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Program Files\Sophos\Remote Management System\ManagementAgentNT.exe 0 424 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALsvc.exe 0 796 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Program Files\Sophos\Remote Management System\RouterNT.exe 0 680 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\taskeng.exe 0 2060 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\vmtoolsd.exe 0 2184 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Program Files\VERITAS\VxPBX\bin\pbx_exchange.exe 0 2260 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 2296 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\vnetd.exe 0 2500 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMUpgradeHelper.exe 0 2532 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\bpinetd.exe 0 2704 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\bin\bpcd.exe 0 2928 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\dllhost.exe 0 3028 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\msdtc.exe 0 3360 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 3700 0 ? Mar 28 C:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe 0 2224 0 ? Apr 1 C:\Windows\System32\csrss.exe 0 1956 0 ? Apr 1 C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe 0 944 0 ? Apr 1 C:\Windows\System32\LogonUI.exe 0 3292 0 ? Jun 4 C:\Program Files\OCS Inventory Agent\OcsService.exe 0 4856 0 ? Jun 12 C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SavService.exe 0 6120 0 ? Jun 12 C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\SAVAdminService.exe 0 4372 0 ? Jun 12 C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\sdcservice.exe 0 4400 0 ? Jun 12 C:\Program Files\Sophos\Sophos Anti-Virus\Web Intelligence\swi_service.exe 0 4424 0 ? 18:10:12 C:\Windows\System32\csrss.exe 0 2440 0 ? 18:10:12 C:\Windows\System32\winlogon.exe 0 1076 0 ? 18:10:17 C:\Windows\System32\taskeng.exe 0 2912 0 ? 18:10:17 C:\Windows\System32\rdpclip.exe 0 2148 0 ? 18:10:21 C:\Windows\System32\dwm.exe 0 5716 0 ? 18:10:21 C:\Windows\explorer.exe 0 2864 0 ? 18:10:22 C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareTray.exe 0 5768 0 ? 18:10:22 C:\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALMon.exe 0 4824 0 ? 18:10:27 C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe 0 384 0 ? 18:11:13 C:\Windows\System32\Netplwiz.exe 0 5652 0 ? 11:40:17 C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe 0 4056 0 ? 11:40:38 C:\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe 0 2144 0 ? 11:56:25 C:\Windows\System32\LogonUI.exe Result via cron UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND cyg_serv 4304 4844 ? 17:53:46 /usr/sbin/sshd cyg_serv 5964 4304 ? 10:16:27 /usr/sbin/sshd jvi3147 2396 5532 ? 16:14:02 /usr/bin/ps jvi3147 2192 5964 pty2 10:16:41 /usr/bin/bash jvi3147 5204 1 ? 11:41:02 /usr/bin/mintty jvi3147 4880 5204 pty0 11:41:02 /usr/bin/bash cyg_serv 4024 4304 ? 15:09:27 /usr/sbin/sshd cyg_serv 5692 2108 ? 16:14:01 /usr/sbin/cron cyg_serv 1652 4304 ? 09:08:35 /usr/sbin/sshd jvi3147 5532 5692 ? 16:14:01 /usr/bin/sh cyg_serv 2108 6088 ? 17:55:14 /usr/sbin/cron cyg_serv 4844 1 ? 17:53:46 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv cyg_serv 6088 1 ? 17:55:14 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv 0 1076 0 ? 18:10:17 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\taskeng.exe 0 2912 0 ? 18:10:17 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\rdpclip.exe 0 2148 0 ? 18:10:21 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\dwm.exe 0 5716 0 ? 18:10:21 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\explorer.exe 0 2864 0 ? 18:10:22 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\VMware\VMware Tools\VMwareTray.exe 0 5768 0 ? 18:10:22 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files\Sophos\AutoUpdate\ALMon.exe 0 4056 0 ? 11:40:38 \Device\HarddiskVolume1\Windows\System32\taskmgr.exe -- 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
