At 10:51 PM 5/5/2004, you wrote: >--- 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.
Then again, sometimes it's easier to start from a known state and work step by step than to try to find where something went wrong. From a comparison of your environment with mine, I see that you don't give specific permissions to -- Larry -- 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/
