--- Larry Hall wrote: > OK, first check the output of /var/log/cron.log. > If that doesn't clarify the situation for you, send > it and the output of 'ls -Rl /var' to the list.
$ ls -Ral /var /var: total 0 drwxr-x---+ 3 user Users 0 Thu Mar 25 18:43:15 2004 cache/ drwxrwxrwt+ 3 user Users 0 Wed Oct 29 10:45:04 2003 cron/ dr-xr-xr-x+ 2 Administ Administ 0 Mon Apr 12 12:02:10 2004 empty/ drwxr-x---+ 2 user Users 4096 Mon Apr 19 16:38:40 2004 log/ drwxr-x---+ 3 user Users 0 Wed Oct 29 10:43:56 2003 run/ drwxr-x---+ 2 user Users 0 Wed Oct 29 10:43:03 2003 tmp/ /var/cache: total 0 drwxr-x---+ 2 user Users 0 Thu Mar 25 18:43:15 2004 man/ /var/cache/man: total 0 /var/cron: total 0 drwxrwxrwt+ 2 user Users 0 Mon Apr 19 15:46:13 2004 tabs/ /var/cron/tabs: total 0 -rw-r----- 1 Administ SYSTEM 0 Mon Apr 19 15:46:13 2004 administrator -rw-r----- 1 user SYSTEM 0 Mon Apr 19 14:34:24 2004 user /var/empty: total 0 /var/log: total 1564 -rwx------+ 1 user Domain U 0 Mon Apr 12 12:02:09 2004 lastlog* -rwxr-x--- 1 user Users 1502256 Fri Apr 23 10:29:25 2004 setup.log* -rwxr-x--- 1 user Users 97787 Fri Apr 23 10:29:25 2004 setup.log.full* /var/run: total 0 drwxr-x---+ 2 user Users 0 Wed Oct 29 10:43:56 2003 stunnel/ -rwxr-x--- 1 user Users 0 Fri Apr 23 10:28:02 2004 utmp* /var/run/stunnel: total 0 /var/tmp: total 0 Again, I think I have the permissions screwed up. A couple of people have suggested that I reinstall everything, but even if I do that, I have to make certain that I don't repeat any mistakes that I made. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover -- 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/