On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 04:08:05PM -0600, Jason Waldhelm wrote: > hello, > > I've noticed a problem with the cron service and as of yet, haven't found any > posts that echo my problem. It seems whenever the system date is changed on > the computer on which cron is running as a service, the cron daemon stops > functioning. The service itself doesn't appear to stop (Windows 2000 Server > reports it as running), but all jobs scheduled to run via cron cease > functioning after the date is changed. I've managed to work around this > problem scheduling cron restart jobs via the Windows Task Scheduler, but it > is still a nuisance.
It's a known (non-Cygwin specific) problem in Paul Vixie's cron. The best help is to keep the machine always sync'd to a reliable time server. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- 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/
