Chuck, Cygwin services usually run as LocalSystem. Did you change the user the service runs as? See if /usr/sbin/cron has execute permission set for user SYSTEM (maybe do a "chmod a+x"?). Igor
On Wed, 28 May 2003, Chuck Hamilton wrote: > I'm finding if I run the cron command manually from a shell window, it > works. If I try to start it as a service, it fails to start. Below is what I > found in the win2k application log. Does it help? > > "The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( cron ) cannot be found. The > local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message > DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following > information is part of the event: cron : PID 2976 : starting service `cron' > failed: execv: 1, Operation not permitted." > > Is this some sort of a permissions problem? Do I need to start the cron > service as a specific user? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harig, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Chuck Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:03 PM > Subject: RE: crontab error > > > Please re-run the cron_diagnose.sh script > to see if it can find any problems. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chuck Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 8:44 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: crontab error > > > > > > I do have the utilities and I was able to create a group and > > passwd file. I > > still get an error trying to start the cron service however. -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- 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/