Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > Right. I'm wondering whether the above section from the openssh.README > should be copied to /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron.README? The cron.README > could also use some more info about what the cron-config script, similar > to that in the openssh.README. Right. Comments about the following blurb? Pierre This is the Cygwin port of Paul Vixie's cron-3.01. The script /usr/bin/cron-config can be used to install cron as a service on all Windows platforms supported by Cygwin. Note that on NT systems, cron relies on the Cygwin feature to be able to switch the user context without password. On NT/W2K, it can run under SYSTEM account, while on Win2003 it must run under an account with special privileges. In both those cases, the child processes may not have access to net shares. An alternative is to run the service under your own account. This gives access to net shares but does not allow to run the crontab of other users. Important: Make sure you have a Cygwin MTA (e. g. either exim or ssmtp) installed and configured! Cron tries to access the MTA by calling /usr/sbin/sendmail. On Cygwin this is usually a symlink pointing to the appropriate binary. This symlink gets created by the MTA's configuration scripts (e. g. /usr/bin/exim-config or /usr/bin/ssmtp-config). -- 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/
