At 12:16 PM 10/29/2004, you wrote: >On Oct 28, 2004, at 6:04 PM, Larry Hall wrote: > >>At 08:22 PM 10/28/2004, you wrote: >>>Hello all, >>> >>>This problem is driving me insane (I don't have far to go ;-). >>> >>>Configuration: >>>Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition, quad processor, 12 GB RAM. Just downloaded Cygwin >>>a few days ago. So, it should be the latest. >>> >>>The possible root cause: >>>BTW, I am trying to run cron as a service. >>>Our IT person installed Cygwin under a domain account. Cron would run every minute >>>but wouldn't switch user context. So, I had him re-install Cygwin under a new >>>local account that was assigned to the Windows Administrators group. >> >> >> >>In addition to what Igor said, make sure you've read >>'/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README'. 'crond' won't be able to switch users >>if your service isn't run as SYSTEM. Running it as a member of the Domain >>Users and/or Administrators is of no value/use. > >Actually, the only way I can get cron to execute tasks as a service is to indicate >the login to be the current user. Otherwise, if I set it to allow the SYSTEM account >to be used it will return an error in the system log indicating it couldn't switch >user context. >Any ideas why? > >Thanks!
Well, you can read the note about W2K3 in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README. You may want to try that procedure. But I suppose if you're only using cron as the using you're running the service as, then going the "SYSTEM" route isn't required, other than it being an interesting/worthwhile data point for you. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
