It already the permissions set to 777. -rwxrwxrwx 1 Administ mkgroup_ 32256 Apr 15 11:16 cron*
I did try changing the user the service runs as but it failed with a logon error so I changed it back to LocalSystem. It seems like it's got to be some kind of Win2k permissions thing. If I run cron from a cygwin session, it works fine. If I run it as a service it fails to start. I've tried adding the cygwin /usr/bin and /usr/lib directories to my Win2k path but that didn't help either (though now I can run cygwin commands from a DOS prompt if I want). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Pechtchanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chuck Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:26 PM Subject: Re: crontab error > Chuck, > > Cygwin services usually run as LocalSystem. Did you change the user the > service runs as? > See if /usr/sbin/cron has execute permission set for user SYSTEM (maybe do > a "chmod a+x"?). > Igor > > On Wed, 28 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote: > > > I'm finding if I run the cron command manually from a shell window, it > > works. If I try to start it as a service, it fails to start. Below is what I > > found in the win2k application log. Does it help? > > > > "The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( cron ) cannot be found. The > > local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message > > DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following > > information is part of the event: cron : PID 2976 : starting service `cron' > > failed: execv: 1, Operation not permitted." > > > > Is this some sort of a permissions problem? Do I need to start the cron > > service as a specific user? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Harig, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Chuck Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:03 PM > > Subject: RE: crontab error > > > > > > Please re-run the cron_diagnose.sh script > > to see if it can find any problems. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Chuck Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 8:44 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Re: crontab error > > > > > > > > > I do have the utilities and I was able to create a group and > > > passwd file. I > > > still get an error trying to start the cron service however. > > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! > > "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route > to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
