Hi Folks, this is he first time I try to get a crontab running. I installed the cron server as I found it in the archive with the following commands
------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- net user cron_server <passwd> /add /yes net localgroup <administrators_group_name> cron_server /add editrights -a SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege -u cron_server editrights -a SeCreateTokenPrivilege -u cron_server editrights -a SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege -u cron_server editrights -a SeServiceLogonRight -u cron_server mkpasswd -l -u cron_server >> /etc/passwd For security reasons: editrights -a SeDenyInteractiveLogonRight -u cron_server editrights -a SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u cron_server editrights -a SeDenyRemoteInteractiveLogonRight -u cron_server And then create a cron service using that account: cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -u cron_server -w <passwd> net user cron_server <passwd> /add /yes net localgroup <administrators_group_name> cron_server /add editrights -a SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege -u cron_server editrights -a SeCreateTokenPrivilege -u cron_server editrights -a SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege -u cron_server editrights -a SeServiceLogonRight -u cron_server mkpasswd -l -u cron_server >> /etc/passwd For security reasons: editrights -a SeDenyInteractiveLogonRight -u cron_server editrights -a SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u cron_server editrights -a SeDenyRemoteInteractiveLogonRight -u cron_server And then create a cron service using that account: cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -u cron_server -w <passwd> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- I have the problem to install a crontab. $ crontab ~/bin/crontab chown: Invalid argument I don't know why chown is complaining that he get an Invalid argument, Regards Franz -- 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/