Cron is running as SYSTEM. Is it possible to run cron jobs as SYSTEM too,
instead of administrator (id 500)?
ps -ef
UID PID PPID TTY STIME COMMAND
SYSTEM 12004 1 ? Apr 20 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
SYSTEM 12684 12004 ? Apr 20 /usr/sbin/sshd
Administ 6068 1 con 11:10:47 /usr/bin/bash
SYSTEM 11776 1 ? 15:37:59 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
SYSTEM 1488 11776 ? 15:37:59 /usr/sbin/cron
Administ 16488 1 con 15:38:11 /usr/bin/bash
Administ 16992 1 con 15:38:50 /usr/bin/bash
SYSTEM 6668 1488 ? 15:40:00 /usr/sbin/cron
Administ 11288 6668 ? 15:40:00 /usr/bin/sh
Administ 11756 16488 con 15:40:00 /usr/bin/ps
process 11288 is a script running as a cron job but UID is Administ (id
500), while PPID 6668 (cron) is UID SYSTEM (id 18).
When I run the same script from command line, it runs as id 10500
(Administrator).
I've already searched the mailing lists.
Any hint?
Thanks,
Sergio Valverde
<<cygcheck.txt>> <<cron_diagnose.txt>> <<group.txt>> <<passwd.txt>>
Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Wed Apr 28 16:55:15 2004
Windows 2000 Server Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3
Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
C:\cygwin\bin
C:\cygwin\bin
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
e:\oracle\ora902\bin
c:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.3.1\bin
c:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.8\bin
e:\Program Files\IBM\MQSeries\Java\lib
e:\jdk1.3.1_08\bin
e:\oracle\ora81\bin
c:\Program Files\Oracle\jre\1.1.7\bin
e:\Perl\bin\
f:\Perl\bin\
c:\WINNT\system32
c:\WINNT
c:\WINNT\System32\Wbem
c:\Program Files\Symantec\pcAnywhere\
c:\Program Files\BMC Software\CONTROL-M Agent\EXE
c:\Program Files\BMC Software\CONTROL-M Agent\UTIL
e:\Program Files\IBM\MQSeries\bin
e:\Program Files\IBM\MQSeries\tools\c\samples\bin
Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 10500(Administrator) GID: 10513(Domain Users)
10513(Domain Users)
Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 10500(Administrator) GID: 10513(Domain Users)
0(root)
544(Administrators) 545(Users)
10512(Domain Admins)
10513(Domain Users) 10519(Enterprise Admins)
12001(Exchange Administrators)
14716(Exchange Domain Servers) 14717(Exchange Services)
15723(Gr. Telefonia (SP))
10520(Group Policy Creator Owners) 10518(Schema Admins)
SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32
WinDir: C:\WINNT
HOME = `C:\cygwin\home\Administrator'
MAKE_MODE = `unix'
PWD = `/tmp'
USER = `Administrator'
Use `-r' to scan registry
a: fd N/A N/A
c: hd NTFS 4000Mb 76% CP CS UN PA FC WINDOWS2000
d: cd N/A N/A
e: hd NTFS 8000Mb 67% CP CS UN PA FC Local_E
g: hd NTFS 5297Mb 23% CP CS UN PA FC Local_G
m: net NTFS 121342Mb 88% CP CS UN PA FC Storage F:
t: net NTFS 121342Mb 88% CP CS UN PA FC Storage F:
z: net N/A N/A
C:\cygwin / system binmode
C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode
C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\lib\X11\fonts /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts system binmode
. /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive
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Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe
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Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
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Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
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Cygwin DLL version info:
DLL version: 1.5.9
DLL epoch: 19
DLL bad signal mask: 19005
DLL old termios: 5
DLL malloc env: 28
API major: 0
API minor: 112
Shared data: 4
DLL identifier: cygwin1
Mount registry: 2
Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
Cygwin registry name: Cygwin
Program options name: Program Options
Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
Cygdrive default prefix:
Build date: Thu Mar 18 23:05:18 EST 2004
Shared id: cygwin1S4
Cygwin Package Information
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_update-info-dir 00227-1
ash 20040127-1
base-files 2.6-1
base-passwd 1.1-1
bash 2.05b-16
bc 1.06-1
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crypt 1.1-1
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cron_diagnose.sh 1.5
This script did not find any errors in your crontab setup.
If you are still unable to get cron to work, then try
shutting down the cron service, uninstalling it,
reinstalling it, and restarting it.
The following commands will do that:
$ cygrunsrv --stop cron
$ cygrunsrv --remove cron
$ cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
$ cygrunsrv --start cron
If the cron service does not start, try deleting the file
/var/run/cron.pid and then repeating the commands above.
If none of this fixes the problem, then report your problem
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please include a copy of your crontab,
('crontab -l') and the output of 'cygcheck -srv > cygcheck.txt'.
Please include the generated files 'cygcheck.txt' *as an attachment*,
and NOT in the body of the mail message.
root:S-1-5-32-544:0:
SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18:
None:S-1-5-21-1708537768-725345543-1417001333-513:513:
Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544:
Backup Operators:S-1-5-32-551:551:
Guests:S-1-5-32-546:546:
Power Users:S-1-5-32-547:547:
Replicator:S-1-5-32-552:552:
Users:S-1-5-32-545:545:
mqm:S-1-5-21-1708537768-725345543-1417001333-1001:1001:
Domain Admins:S-1-5-21-1229272821-583907252-1801674531-512:10512:
Domain Computers:S-1-5-21-1229272821-583907252-1801674531-515:10515:
Domain Controllers:S-1-5-21-1229272821-583907252-1801674531-516:10516:
Domain Guests:S-1-5-21-1229272821-583907252-1801674531-514:10514:
Domain Users:S-1-5-21-1229272821-583907252-1801674531-513:10513:
SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-ITAIPAVA\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1708537768-725345543-1417001333-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash
Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-ITAIPAVA\Guest,S-1-5-21-1708537768-725345543-1417001333-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash
IUSR_ITAIPAVA:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1009:513:Internet Guest
Account,U-ITAIPAVA\IUSR_ITAIPAVA,S-1-5-21-1708537768-725345543-1417001333-1009:/home/IUSR_ITAIPAVA:/bin/bash
IWAM_ITAIPAVA:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1010:513:Launch IIS Process
Account,U-ITAIPAVA\IWAM_ITAIPAVA,S-1-5-21-1708537768-725345543-1417001333-1010:/home/IWAM_ITAIPAVA:/bin/bash
mqcetip:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1007:513:mqcetip,U-ITAIPAVA\mqcetip,S-1-5-21-1708537768-725345543-1417001333-1007:/home/mqcetip:/bin/bash
MUSR_MQADMIN:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:513:MUSR_MQADMIN,U-ITAIPAVA\MUSR_MQADMIN,S-1-5-21-1708537768-725345543-1417001333-1002:/home/MUSR_MQADMIN:/bin/bash
TsInternetUser:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:TsInternetUser,U-ITAIPAVA\TsInternetUser,S-1-5-21-1708537768-725345543-1417001333-1000:/home/TsInternetUser:/bin/bash
Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:10500:10513:Administrator -
(SP),U-CETIP\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1229272821-583907252-1801674531-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash
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