On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 17:07:10 +0000 Chris Elvidge wrote: > I have a directory of files that I need the contained executables run > from CRON. (Like run-parts.) > > I have found that since 25/12/2024, when run from CRON, it doesn't > differentiate between executable and non-executable files. I.e. tries to > run the non-executables. It ran correctly on 24/12/2024, i.e apache2 and > updatedb ran, rest skipped. > > Check file (simplified bit of original): > $ cat bin/check-execute-bit > #!/bin/sh > cd $HOME/daily > for S in *; do > [ -x "$S" ] && echo "$S : executable" || echo "$S : not executable" > done > > Directory contents: > $ ls -l $HOME/daily > total 48K > -rwxr-xr-x 1 celvi celvi 625 Apr 24 2024 apache2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 15K Apr 24 2024 apt > -rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 355 Apr 24 2024 bsdmainutils > -rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 1.6K Apr 24 2024 dpkg > -rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 2.2K Apr 24 2024 locate > -rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 1.3K Apr 24 2024 man-db > -rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 1.1K Apr 24 2024 ntp > -rw-r--r-- 1 celvi celvi 257 Apr 26 2024 passwd > -rwxr-xr-x 1 celvi celvi 932 Apr 24 2024 updatedb > > Run from command line: > $ check-execute-bit > apache2 : executable > apt : not executable > bsdmainutils : not executable > dpkg : not executable > locate : not executable > man-db : not executable > ntp : not executable > passwd : not executable > updatedb : executable > > Output from CRON running check-execute-bit: > apache2 executable > apt executable > bsdmainutils executable > dpkg executable > locate executable > man-db executable > ntp executable > passwd executable > updatedb executable > > > Anyone any ideas where I can look next for what is going wrong?
If you are running cron as privileged account (like SYSTEM), perhaps, this is due to: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2024-December/256972.html This problem will be fixed by: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-patches/2024q4/013146.html -- Takashi Yano <takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp> -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
