Re: cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config

2011-12-17 Thread Mike Brown
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 06:52:16PM +0400, Andrey Repin wrote: > nnCron, then? > http://nncron.ru/ > nnCron supports that, if memory not deceiving me. As pointed out in a followup posting, I reverted back to version 1.5 and all is working again. MB -- e-mail: vid...@vidiot.com | vid...@vidiot.net

Re: cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config

2011-12-17 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Mike Brown! >> Sorry that I can't help you with your cron problem, but have you >> considered using the Windows Task Scheduler instead given the urgency of >> your situation? It can be used to kick off Cygwin processes just like >> any other. You'll need to wrap your existing tasks wi

Re: cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config

2011-12-16 Thread Mike Brown
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 03:27:16PM -0600, Jesse Ziser wrote: > You could always use remote desktop if you're having problems with ssh > (again, given the urgency of your situation). I might put the third-party sshd back in. While RD is an option, because of the heavy load on the DSL, it tends to

Re: cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config

2011-12-16 Thread Mike Brown
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 04:21:45PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: > Yes, it is in /var/cron/tabs/ Found it. I went looking for "tabs" and found it. > Problems like this have been reported when a user is both a local user > and a domain user (2 entries in /etc/passwd). > Cron with suid

Re: cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config

2011-12-16 Thread Jesse Ziser
On 12/16/2011 2:42 PM, Mike Brown wrote: On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 02:38:27PM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: Sorry that I can't help you with your cron problem, but have you considered using the Windows Task Scheduler instead given the urgency of your situation? It can be used to kick off Cygwin proce

RE: cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config

2011-12-16 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
> -Original Message- > From: Mike Brown > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 15:31 > To: cygwin mail list > > I desperately need to get this fixed as I will be leaving for a trip on the 20th and > have some cron stuff to run while I am gone. > > I ran cron-diagnose.sh, which now runs the

Re: cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config

2011-12-16 Thread Mike Brown
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 02:38:27PM -0600, Jeremy Bopp wrote: > Sorry that I can't help you with your cron problem, but have you > considered using the Windows Task Scheduler instead given the urgency of > your situation? It can be used to kick off Cygwin processes just like > any other. You'll ne

Re: cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config

2011-12-16 Thread Jeremy Bopp
On 12/16/2011 02:31 PM, Mike Brown wrote: > I desperately need to get this fixed as I will be leaving for a trip on > the 20th and have some cron stuff to run while I am gone. > > I ran cron-diagnose.sh, which now runs the cron-config, and changed from > just-me to local system and that still didn

cron still not working - even after rerunning cron config

2011-12-16 Thread Mike Brown
I desperately need to get this fixed as I will be leaving for a trip on the 20th and have some cron stuff to run while I am gone. I ran cron-diagnose.sh, which now runs the cron-config, and changed from just-me to local system and that still didn't fix the problem. A ps -eaf shows that cron is no