Re: cron problem -- can't switch user context
On 2021-07-19 11:40, Jeremy Hetzler via Cygwin wrote: Upon installing Cygwin and cron on a new Windows Server 2019 machine, we are unable to get cron to work. I installed cron using cron-config. Cron is configured to run under account cyg_server, which cron-config set up. cron-config reported that "cyg_server is a valid privileged account". From cronevents, I see numerous errors saying "can't switch user context". It looks like every time cron tries to run a job, it emits one of these errors. Example: 2021/07/15 18:45:02 [cyg_server] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 6421: (CRON) error (can't switch user context) See attached for cronbug output. I tried rebooting the machine, but this did not help. How can we get cron to work on this new machine? Please copy me on any responses; thank you. Use the recommended local System account and you should have no problems with recent Cygwin services under recent Windows: "To run multiple users, cron must change user context without knowing the passwords. There are three methods to do that, as explained in http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-nopasswd1 If all the cron users have executed "passwd -R" (see man passwd), which provides access to network drives, or if you are using the [obsolete] cyglsa package, then cron should run under the local system account." -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Cron problem with cron popup windows
Hi folk, I have the problem that I get cron popup windows. I change the cron service, so that he can interact with the desktop. This was necessary to start excel from cron. First everything was ok. But after I rebooted the PC now cron startet to open a window always when a cron job started. How can I get rid of this behaviour. Thank for any help Franz IMPORTANT I will read replies only from the mailing list. If you send me email directly it will be deleted. -- 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/
RE: Cron problem with cron popup windows
On 23 January 2008 13:00, cygwin.20.maillinglist wrote: Hi folk, I have the problem that I get cron popup windows. I change the cron service, so that he can interact with the desktop. This was necessary to start excel from cron. First everything was ok. But after I rebooted the PC now cron startet to open a window always when a cron job started. How can I get rid of this behaviour. Redirect stdout and stderr to /dev/null in your commandline in the crontab (i.e. append /dev/null 2/dev/null)? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- 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/
Cygwin Cron problem
Hi, Before I start, I would like to inform that, I went through all FAQs and other threads before posting here. I came across this thread where I faced the similar error, but couldn't get what they did to resolve it. http://www.nabble.com/1.5.21-1%3AWindows-2003-Server---Cygwin-Cron-tf2425192.html#a6972241 I 'm trying to schedule a shell script on cygwin using cron. No matter what I do I don't seem to get the cron job executing my bash script. My script is temp.sh echo `date` /home/test/temp.log crontab -e is having the following details * * * * * sh /home/test/temp.sh /home/test/temp.sh.err 21 I did use the paths in the script itself and I also used the windows path where the cygwin installed(/cygdrive/d/cygwin/). I also tried using the following by editing the crontab: * * * * * date /home/test/date.txt Still not working. I don't have administrator login. I ran the cron_diagnose.sh and it din't give me any errors. What am I doing wrong? Please help I 'm a newbie to Cygwin. Thanks Shash -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Cron-problem-tf4235168.html#a12049954 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
Re: Cygwin Cron problem
- Original Message - From: shash shashikiran.v To: cygwin Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 5:39 AM Subject: Cygwin Cron problem | | Hi, | | Before I start, I would like to inform that, I went through all FAQs and | other threads before posting here. | I came across this thread where I faced the similar error, but couldn't get | what they did to resolve it. | | http://www.nabble.com/1.5.21-1%3AWindows-2003-Server---Cygwin-Cron-tf2425192.html#a6972241 | | I 'm trying to schedule a shell script on cygwin using cron. No matter what | I do I don't seem to get the cron job executing my bash script. | | My script is temp.sh | | echo `date` /home/test/temp.log | | crontab -e is having the following details | | * * * * * sh /home/test/temp.sh /home/test/temp.sh.err 21 | | I did use the paths in the script itself and I also used the windows path | where the cygwin installed(/cygdrive/d/cygwin/). | | I also tried using the following by editing the crontab: | | * * * * * date /home/test/date.txt | | Still not working. I don't have administrator login. I ran the | cron_diagnose.sh and it din't give me any errors. When you run cron_diagnose.sh you should see the following on the screen: ** If you cannot fix the problem, then report it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please run the script /usr/bin/cronbug and ATTACH its output (the file cronbug.txt) to your e-mail. ** Please do that after you have tried to launch cron with cron-config. Pierre -- 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/
Re: Cygwin Cron problem
Thanks Pierre, I have mailed to cygwin. Pierre A. Humblet wrote: - Original Message - From: shash shashikiran.v To: cygwin Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 5:39 AM Subject: Cygwin Cron problem | | Hi, | | Before I start, I would like to inform that, I went through all FAQs and | other threads before posting here. | I came across this thread where I faced the similar error, but couldn't get | what they did to resolve it. | | http://www.nabble.com/1.5.21-1%3AWindows-2003-Server---Cygwin-Cron-tf2425192.html#a6972241 | | I 'm trying to schedule a shell script on cygwin using cron. No matter what | I do I don't seem to get the cron job executing my bash script. | | My script is temp.sh | | echo `date` /home/test/temp.log | | crontab -e is having the following details | | * * * * * sh /home/test/temp.sh /home/test/temp.sh.err 21 | | I did use the paths in the script itself and I also used the windows path | where the cygwin installed(/cygdrive/d/cygwin/). | | I also tried using the following by editing the crontab: | | * * * * * date /home/test/date.txt | | Still not working. I don't have administrator login. I ran the | cron_diagnose.sh and it din't give me any errors. When you run cron_diagnose.sh you should see the following on the screen: ** If you cannot fix the problem, then report it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please run the script /usr/bin/cronbug and ATTACH its output (the file cronbug.txt) to your e-mail. ** Please do that after you have tried to launch cron with cron-config. Pierre -- 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/ -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Cygwin-Cron-problem-tf4235168.html#a12054376 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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/
Cron problem
Hi, I am trying to run a cron job on a Windows 2000 server. What I want is to run a bash or sh shell script and mail the output to me on an other machine. Cron is running under the administrator account as a service. For testing purposes I have a script that is in the home directory of the administrator account and I want to run that every minute, sending any output in a email to me. I actually get an email every minute with the contents: /bin/sh: Mail: command not found I assume that I do not fully understand when to use what kind of paths in my files (and cygwin is NOT in my system path because of name clashes with other executables but is situated at d:\cygwin). Can anyone point me in the right direction? crontab.exe -l: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.3424 installed on Fri Sep 29 08:38:58 2006) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) # (Use to post in the top of your crontab) # - minute (0 - 59) # | --- hour (0 - 23) # | | - day of month (1 - 31) # | | | --- month (1 - 12) # | | | | - day of week (0 - 6) (Sunday=0) # | | | | | # * * * * * command to be executed [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * /bin/sh /home/Administrator/crontest The script that should be run: path in Cygwin: /home/Administrator/crontest path in Windows: d:\cygwin\home\Administrator\crontest #!/bin/sh /bin/ls / /bin/ls / /home/Administrator/crontest.ls #end of file /bin/sh: Mail: command not found -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
To respond to my own problem: a * too much in the crontab could explain a lot . So problem solved. -- Groeten, Joost Kraaijeveld Askesis B.V. Molukkenstraat 14 6524NB Nijmegen tel: 024-3888063 / 06-51855277 fax: 024-3608416 web: www.askesis.nl -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
Hi Igor, We can't tell you where you are wrong until you tell us what you mean by cron not working... Does the crontab fail to execute correctly (i.e., every minute after 10:00? first I'm sorry for my poor English... in order to explain you what I mean when I wrote cron does't work, I try with the same command in my linux box (debian sid) $ uname Linux $ export VISUAL=zile $ crontab -e ...edit the file.. $ crontab -l * 8 * * * /bin/date /home/calox/tmp/date.out 21 $ date Mon Oct 10 08:48:36 CEST 2005 $ ls -l /home/calox/temp total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 calox calox 180 Oct 10 08:54 date.out $ cat tmp/date.out Mon Oct 10 08:49:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:50:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:51:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:52:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:53:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:54:01 CEST 2005 for me, in this example, cron works, i.e. in ~/tmp directory I found the file date.out. In cygwin, with the same crontab, the ~/tmp dir is empty. I think, besides fixing the above typo, reading man 5 crontab would be helpful. Well, I read the man, the README in Paul Vixie source code, and cron.README but I didn't find where it's teh problem.. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote: Hi Igor, We can't tell you where you are wrong until you tell us what you mean by cron not working... Does the crontab fail to execute correctly (i.e., every minute after 10:00? first I'm sorry for my poor English... No need to apologize. Besides, it's not *that* poor... :-) in order to explain you what I mean when I wrote cron does't work, I try with the same command in my linux box (debian sid) $ uname Linux $ export VISUAL=zile $ crontab -e ...edit the file.. Hmm, one detail that's missing: when was the above done? Before 8:00, or after? $ crontab -l * 8 * * * /bin/date /home/calox/tmp/date.out 21 $ date Mon Oct 10 08:48:36 CEST 2005 $ ls -l /home/calox/temp total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 calox calox 180 Oct 10 08:54 date.out $ cat tmp/date.out Mon Oct 10 08:49:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:50:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:51:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:52:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:53:01 CEST 2005 Mon Oct 10 08:54:01 CEST 2005 for me, in this example, cron works, i.e. in ~/tmp directory I found the file date.out. In cygwin, with the same crontab, the ~/tmp dir is empty. I see. Again, did you edit the crontab before 8:00, or after? If after, did you wait a day? I think, besides fixing the above typo, reading man 5 crontab would be helpful. Well, I read the man, the README in Paul Vixie source code, and cron.README but I didn't find where it's teh problem.. It wasn't obvious that you really meant for cron to run your script every minute starting at 10:00. Now it's clear that you understand what the crontab is doing. Since you're testing cron, I would suggest starting with */5 * * * * /bin/date /home/calox/tmp/date.out 21 and waiting 5 minutes. If /home/calox/tmp is still empty, then we'll debug further. A few obvious questions: does /home/calox/tmp exist in Cygwin? What are its permissions (do an ls -ld)? Are you checking /home/calox/tmp or ~/tmp (IOW, is your $HOME set to /home/calox)? And, finally, do you have SHELL set in the Windows environment, and if so, to what value? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: $ uname Linux $ export VISUAL=zile $ crontab -e ...edit the file.. Hmm, one detail that's missing: when was the above done? Before 8:00, or after? About at 8.45, all the commands in the example are sequentially. Since you're testing cron, I would suggest starting with */5 * * * * /bin/date /home/calox/tmp/date.out 21 and waiting 5 minutes. If /home/calox/tmp is still empty, then we'll debug further. In my linux box the my home is /home/calox, in Cygwin my home is /home/micekiller, then the crontab is $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.592 installed on Mon Oct 10 14:51:37 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) */5 * * * * /bin/date /home/micekiller/tmp/date.out 21 so, I waited for 10 min but ~/tmp (/home/micekiller/tmp) is empty. A few obvious questions: does /home/calox/tmp exist in Cygwin? What are its permissions (do an ls -ld)? $ ls -ld ~/tmp/ drwxrwxrwx+ 2 micekiller None 0 Oct 8 11:03 /home/micekiller/tmp/ Here the group in None, it's OK? (in Linux is the usergroup)...maybe in Cygwin isn't possible set the group? Are you checking /home/calox/tmp or ~/tmp (IOW, is your $HOME set to /home/calox)? my $HOME is $ echo $HOME /home/micekiller and I check /home/micekiller/tmp And, finally, do you have SHELL set in the Windows environment, and if so, to what value? Mmmm, in 'Control Panel- System - Advanced - Environment variable' the SHELL variable *not* exists, but in Cygwin $ echo $SHELL /bin/bash If usefull, my environment var is (in win2000 cmd.exe) C:\set !C:='C:\cygwin\bin' ALLUSERSPROFILE='C:\Documents and Settings\All Users' APPDATA='C:\Documents and Settings\micekiller\Application Data' BASH=/usr/bin/bash BASH_ARGC=() BASH_ARGV=() BASH_LINENO=() BASH_SOURCE=() BASH_VERSINFO=([0]=3 [1]=00 [2]=16 [3]=11 [4]=release [5]=i686-pc-cygwin) BASH_VERSION='3.00.16(11)-release' COMMONPROGRAMFILES='C:\Program Files\Common Files' COMPUTERNAME=SN2307128 COMSPEC='C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' CVSEDITOR=me CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/mnt/dati/home/cvs CVS_RSH=/bin/ssh CYGWIN=ntsec DIRSTACK=() EDITOR=me EUID=1000 GROUPS=() GTK_BASEPATH='C:\Program Files\Common Files\GTK\2.4' HISTFILE=/home/micekiller/.bash_history HISTFILESIZE=500 HISTSIZE=500 HOME=/home/micekiller HOMEDRIVE=C: HOMEPATH='\' HOSTNAME=sn2307128 HOSTTYPE=i686 IFS=$' \t\n' INFOPATH=/usr/local/info:/usr/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/autotool/devel/info:/usr/autotool/stable/info: LOGONSERVER='\\SN2307128' MACHTYPE=i686-pc-cygwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] MAKE_MODE=unix MANPATH=/usr/local/man:/usr/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/autotool/devel/man::/usr/ssl/man NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS=1 OPTERR=1 OPTIND=1 OS=Windows_NT OS2LIBPATH='C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;' OSTYPE=cygwin PATH='/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/mnt/c/imagemagick:/usr/bin:/mnt/c/texmf/miktex/bin:/mnt/c/WINNT/system32:/mnt/c/WINNT:/mnt/c/shared:/mnt/c/WINNT/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/:/mnt/c/gs/gs8.11/bin:/mnt/c/GnuWin32/bin:/mnt/c/Pico:/mnt/c/Program Files/Support Tools/:.:/cygdriver/c/texUtils/latex2html/bin:/cygdriver/c/Mono/bin:/opt/dar' PATHEXT='.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.tcl' PIPESTATUS=([0]=0) PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig PPID=1 PRINTER='\\mlx\Lexmark' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE=x86 PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER='x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 7, GenuineIntel' PROCESSOR_LEVEL=15 PROCESSOR_REVISION=0207 PROGRAMFILES='C:\Program Files' PROMPT='$P$G' PS1=$'\\[\\033]0;[EMAIL PROTECTED] \\[\\033[33m\\w\\033[0m\\]\n$ ' PS2=' ' PS4='+ ' SHELL=/bin/bash SHELLOPTS=braceexpand:emacs:hashall:histexpand:history:interactive-comments:monitor SHLVL=1 SYSTEMDRIVE=C: SYSTEMROOT='C:\WINNT' TEMP=/mnt/c/DOCUME~1/MICEKI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp TERM=cygwin TEXDOCVIEW_dvi='cygstart %s' TEXDOCVIEW_html='cygstart %s' TEXDOCVIEW_pdf='cygstart %s' TEXDOCVIEW_ps='cygstart %s' TEXDOCVIEW_txt='cygstart %s' TMP=/mnt/c/DOCUME~1/MICEKI~1/LOCALS~1/Temp UID=1000 USER=micekiller USERDOMAIN=SN2307128 USERNAME=micekiller USERPROFILE='C:\Documents and Settings\micekiller' VISUAL=jmacs WINDIR='C:\WINNT' Thanks... -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
Please make sure your mailer respects the Reply-To: header -- I set it for a reason. There's no need to send the message to my mailbox -- I read the list. On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote: On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: $ uname Linux $ export VISUAL=zile $ crontab -e ...edit the file.. Hmm, one detail that's missing: when was the above done? Before 8:00, or after? About at 8.45, all the commands in the example are sequentially. Interesting... I thought the semantics were such that if the start time is missed, the next day is used. I'll have to re-read the cron documentation. Since you're testing cron, I would suggest starting with */5 * * * * /bin/date /home/calox/tmp/date.out 21 and waiting 5 minutes. If /home/calox/tmp is still empty, then we'll debug further. In my linux box the my home is /home/calox, in Cygwin my home is /home/micekiller, then the crontab is $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.592 installed on Mon Oct 10 14:51:37 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) */5 * * * * /bin/date /home/micekiller/tmp/date.out 21 so, I waited for 10 min but ~/tmp (/home/micekiller/tmp) is empty. Is your user an administrative user? Is your home on a network share? Try changing the above to */5 * * * * /bin/date /tmp/date.out 21 Does /tmp/date.out get created? A few obvious questions: does /home/calox/tmp exist in Cygwin? What are its permissions (do an ls -ld)? $ ls -ld ~/tmp/ drwxrwxrwx+ 2 micekiller None 0 Oct 8 11:03 /home/micekiller/tmp/ Here the group in None, it's OK? (in Linux is the usergroup)...maybe in Cygwin isn't possible set the group? It is possible, but the group shouldn't matter. Note that '+' at the end of the permission string means that there are extra ACLs set for that directory -- some of these may deny the necessary access. Are you checking /home/calox/tmp or ~/tmp (IOW, is your $HOME set to /home/calox)? my $HOME is $ echo $HOME /home/micekiller and I check /home/micekiller/tmp Ok, just a sanity check. And, finally, do you have SHELL set in the Windows environment, and if so, to what value? Mmmm, in 'Control Panel- System - Advanced - Environment variable' the SHELL variable *not* exists, but in Cygwin $ echo $SHELL /bin/bash That's ok -- bash sets SHELL if it's not set in the parent environment. If usefull, my environment var is (in win2000 cmd.exe) C:\set [snip] PATH='/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/mnt/c/imagemagick:/usr/bin:/mnt/c/texmf/miktex/bin:/mnt/c/WINNT/system32:/mnt/c/WINNT:/mnt/c/shared:/mnt/c/WINNT/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v1.1.4322/:/mnt/c/gs/gs8.11/bin:/mnt/c/GnuWin32/bin:/mnt/c/Pico:/mnt/c/Program Files/Support Tools/:.:/cygdriver/c/texUtils/latex2html/bin:/cygdriver/c/Mono/bin:/opt/dar' Aside from the fact that you seem to have run set from a bash shell, whereas your prompt above is from a cmd shell, and that you use /cygdriver instead of the standard /cygdrive, the output looks fine. FWIW, I just installed cron from scratch using /usr/bin/cron-config, put */5 * * * * /bin/date /tmp/date.out 21 in my crontab, and sure enough, /tmp/date.out got created. Try that one first, and if it works, you'll know that there is some issue with your home directory that prevents cron from writing there. BTW, what are the permissions on /home and /home/micekiller? They have to have at least the execute bits set for /home/micekiller/tmp to be accessible. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
Hi, Igor Try doing this without changing your UID to 18. In fact, is there a reason why you didn't use cron-config in the first place? Why not try removing all traces of the cron service, including the log and pid files, and using cron-config to install cron? well, I removed all my cron intallation: $ cygrunsrv --stop cron $ cygrunsrv --remove cron $ rm -f /var/run/cron.pid $ rm -f /var/log/cron* $ cygrunsrv -L (empty row) then I restarted cygwin and: $ /usr/bin/cron-config ...as service? yes ...yourself? no ...ntsec? yes ...start ..service? yes now: $ cygrunsrv -L cron $ cygrunsrv -Q cron Service : cron Display name: Cron daemon Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/cron -D $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.300 installed on Sat Oct 8 10:23:16 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) * 10 * * * /bin/date /home/micekiller/tmp/date.out 21 $ ls -l /home/micekiller/ | grep tmp drwxr-xr-x+ 2 micekiller None 0 Oct 8 11:03 tmp $ ls -l /home/micekiller/tmp total 0 g ...does't work! $ ll /var/log/cron.log -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM root 39 Oct 8 10:31 /var/log/cron.log $ cat /var/log/cron.log [836] cron started [1032] cron started where I'm wrong? Thanks O. -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
Orfeo Da Via wrote: $ /usr/bin/cron-config ...as service? yes ...yourself? no ...ntsec? yes ...start ..service? yes now: $ cygrunsrv -L cron $ cygrunsrv -Q cron Service : cron Display name: Cron daemon Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/cron -D $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.300 installed on Sat Oct 8 10:23:16 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) * 10 * * * /bin/date /home/micekiller/tmp/date.out 21 I don't see the step where you ran crontab -e to actually edit the crontab. How are you doing this? If you are just editing the file with an editor and not using crontab -e then that is the reason it is not working. You can't just edit the crontab. At the least you need to HUP the daemon. Brian -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
On Sat, 8 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote: Try doing this without changing your UID to 18. In fact, is there a reason why you didn't use cron-config in the first place? Why not try removing all traces of the cron service, including the log and pid files, and using cron-config to install cron? well, I removed all my cron intallation: $ cygrunsrv --stop cron $ cygrunsrv --remove cron $ rm -f /var/run/cron.pid $ rm -f /var/log/cron* $ cygrunsrv -L (empty row) then I restarted cygwin and: $ /usr/bin/cron-config ...as service? yes ...yourself? no ...ntsec? yes ...start ..service? yes now: $ cygrunsrv -L cron $ cygrunsrv -Q cron Service : cron Display name: Cron daemon Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/cron -D So far so good... $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.300 installed on Sat Oct 8 10:23:16 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) * 10 * * * /bin/date /home/micekiller/tmp/date.out 21 ^^^ Whoops. No good here. You forgot the '' -- the last part should be '21'. $ ls -l /home/micekiller/ | grep tmp drwxr-xr-x+ 2 micekiller None 0 Oct 8 11:03 tmp $ ls -l /home/micekiller/tmp total 0 g ...does't work! Eh? How do you figure that? I wonder, did you see René Berber's reply (http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00147.html)? $ ll /var/log/cron.log -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM root 39 Oct 8 10:31 /var/log/cron.log $ cat /var/log/cron.log [836] cron started [1032] cron started where I'm wrong? Thanks O. We can't tell you where you are wrong until you tell us what you mean by cron not working... Does the crontab fail to execute correctly (i.e., every minute after 10:00? I think, besides fixing the above typo, reading man 5 crontab would be helpful. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote: Hi, I have the cron installed, my crontab is in attacged file crontab-l but nothing is going on. the attached files is generated by $ crontab -l crontab-l.txt $ cron_diagnose.sh crontab_dia.txt $ cygcheck -srv cygcheck.txt I'll quote your crontab inline to better comment on it: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.580 installed on Fri Oct 7 14:09:56 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out; First off, I'm not sure how cron will react to the semicolon at the end. Secondly, you need to redirect stderr as well as stdout, or deal with cron trying to mail you the output. Try 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 and see if that works for you (it should). If not, take a look at /var/log/cron.log and the Windows Event Log for any relevant messages from cron. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
Hi Igor, thanks for your quicky reply! I tryed in this way $ crontab -l 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 but doesn't work!! In attch. files is generated from: $ cat /var/log/cron.log cron.log.txt $ ps -elf ps-elf.txt I've also changed the permission of my cron.pid $ chown a+x /var/run/cron.pid $ ls -l /var/run/cron.pid In event.log the Windows Event Log output.. IMHO is generated from $ crontab -l Thanks Orfeo I'll quote your crontab inline to better comment on it: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.580 installed on Fri Oct 7 14:09:56 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out; First off, I'm not sure how cron will react to the semicolon at the end. Secondly, you need to redirect stderr as well as stdout, or deal with cron trying to mail you the output. Try 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 and see if that works for you (it should). If not, take a look at /var/log/cron.log and the Windows Event Log for any relevant messages from cron. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA [1712] cron started [1428] cron started UID PIDPPID TTY STIME COMMAND micekill 296 1 0 08:27:49 /usr/bin/bash micekill 576 1 ? 16:16:50 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv micekill1428 576 ? 16:16:51 /usr/sbin/cron micekill1828 296 0 16:31:42 /usr/bin/ps The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( crontab ) 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: crontab : PID 1628 : (micekiller) LIST (micekiller). ls-cron.pid Description: Binary data -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted... On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote: Earlier I wrote: I'll quote your crontab inline to better comment on it: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.580 installed on Fri Oct 7 14:09:56 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out; First off, I'm not sure how cron will react to the semicolon at the end. Secondly, you need to redirect stderr as well as stdout, or deal with cron trying to mail you the output. Try 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 and see if that works for you (it should). If not, take a look at /var/log/cron.log and the Windows Event Log for any relevant messages from cron. Hi Igor, thanks for your quicky reply! I tryed in this way $ crontab -l 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 but doesn't work!! What is your indication that it doesn't work? Do you have anything in /usr/tmp/date.out? What are the permissions on that file? In attch. files is generated from: $ cat /var/log/cron.log cron.log.txt What are the permissions on /var/log/cron.log? $ ps -elf ps-elf.txt This shows that cygrunsrv is running as user micekiller. It should be running as SYSTEM. What exact command did you use to install your cron service? I've also changed the permission of my cron.pid $ chown a+x /var/run/cron.pid Did you mean chmod a+rw? The command below seems to indicate that... $ ls -l /var/run/cron.pid In event.log the Windows Event Log output.. IMHO is generated from $ crontab -l Thanks Orfeo Your eventlog.txt shows only one event: crontab : PID 1628 : (micekiller) LIST (micekiller). This is indeed from crontab -l. Are you sure there are no more cron-generated events there? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
OK I start from the begin: $ whoami micekiller $ cd /etc/ $ mkpasswd.exe -l -g passwd $ cat passwd SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Backup Operators:*:551:551:,S-1-5-32-551:: Guests:*:546:546:,S-1-5-32-546:: Power Users:*:547:547:,S-1-5-32-547:: Replicator:*:552:552:,S-1-5-32-552:: Users:*:545:545:,S-1-5-32-545:: Debugger Users:*:1002:1002:,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-1002:: Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-SN2307128\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash ASPNET:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1001:513:ASP.NET Machine Account,U-SN2307128\ASPNET,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-1001:/home/ASPNET:/bin/bash Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-SN2307128\Guest,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash micekiller:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:micekiller,U-SN2307128\micekiller,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-1000:/home/micekiller:/bin/bash now I change my uid to 18 $ cat passwd .. micekiller:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:18:18:micekiller,U-SN2307128\micekiller,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-1000:/home/micekiller:/bin/bash ... restart cygwin, then $ whoami SYSTEM $ cygrunsrv.exe -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron.exe -a -D -d damn cron -e CYGWIN=ntsec $ cygrunsrv.exe -S cron $ cygrunsrv.exe -Q cron Service : cron Display name: cygwin cron Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/cron.exe -D $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.1200 installed on Fri Oct 7 18:26:04 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) * 18 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 the /usr/tmp permission is $ ls -l /usr/ total 648 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 Administrators SYSTEM 0 Oct 7 14:22 tmp ... finally the cron.pid permission is $ ls -l /var/run/ total 6 -rwxrwxrwx 1 SYSTEM root 5 Oct 7 18:23 cron.pid -rwxrwxrwx 1 Administrators SYSTEM 616 Oct 7 18:20 utmp -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 24 Oct 7 18:09 ~x I wait wait wait, but the /usr/tmp directory is always empty ... $ ls -l /usr/tmp/ total 0 In my Application Log there are only message about LST, RELOAD, EDIT etc... I'm desperate :-) Thanks O. On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted... On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote: Earlier I wrote: I'll quote your crontab inline to better comment on it: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.580 installed on Fri Oct 7 14:09:56 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out; First off, I'm not sure how cron will react to the semicolon at the end. Secondly, you need to redirect stderr as well as stdout, or deal with cron trying to mail you the output. Try 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 and see if that works for you (it should). If not, take a look at /var/log/cron.log and the Windows Event Log for any relevant messages from cron. Hi Igor, thanks for your quicky reply! I tryed in this way $ crontab -l 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 but doesn't work!! What is your indication that it doesn't work? Do you have anything in /usr/tmp/date.out? What are the permissions on that file? In attch. files is generated from: $ cat /var/log/cron.log cron.log.txt What are the permissions on /var/log/cron.log? $ ps -elf ps-elf.txt This shows that cygrunsrv is running as user micekiller. It should be running as SYSTEM. What exact command did you use to install your cron service? I've also changed the permission of my cron.pid $ chown a+x /var/run/cron.pid Did you mean chmod a+rw? The command below seems to indicate that... $ ls -l /var/run/cron.pid In event.log the Windows Event Log output.. IMHO is generated from $ crontab -l Thanks Orfeo Your eventlog.txt shows only one event: crontab : PID 1628 : (micekiller) LIST (micekiller). This is indeed from crontab -l. Are you sure there are no more cron-generated events there? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. /DA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:
Re: Cron problem
Orfeo Da Via wrote: [snip] $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.1200 installed on Fri Oct 7 18:26:04 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) * 18 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 man 5 crontab : The time and date fields are: field allowed values - -- minute 0-59 hour 0-23 day of month 0-31 month 0-12 (or names, see below) day of week0-7 (0 or 7 is Sun, or use names) [snip] I wait wait wait, but the /usr/tmp directory is always empty ... Your crontab job will run every minute starting at 18:00. Keep waiting ;-) read a book... read the manual. -- R.Berber -- 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/
Re: Cron problem
Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted again... On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote: On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted... On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Orfeo Da Via wrote: Earlier I wrote: I'll quote your crontab inline to better comment on it: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.580 installed on Fri Oct 7 14:09:56 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out; First off, I'm not sure how cron will react to the semicolon at the end. Secondly, you need to redirect stderr as well as stdout, or deal with cron trying to mail you the output. Try 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 and see if that works for you (it should). If not, take a look at /var/log/cron.log and the Windows Event Log for any relevant messages from cron. Hi Igor, thanks for your quicky reply! I tryed in this way $ crontab -l 10 14 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 but doesn't work!! What is your indication that it doesn't work? Do you have anything in /usr/tmp/date.out? What are the permissions on that file? In attch. files is generated from: $ cat /var/log/cron.log cron.log.txt What are the permissions on /var/log/cron.log? $ ps -elf ps-elf.txt This shows that cygrunsrv is running as user micekiller. It should be running as SYSTEM. What exact command did you use to install your cron service? I've also changed the permission of my cron.pid $ chown a+x /var/run/cron.pid Did you mean chmod a+rw? The command below seems to indicate that... $ ls -l /var/run/cron.pid In event.log the Windows Event Log output.. IMHO is generated from $ crontab -l Thanks Orfeo Your eventlog.txt shows only one event: crontab : PID 1628 : (micekiller) LIST (micekiller). This is indeed from crontab -l. Are you sure there are no more cron-generated events there? Igor OK I start from the begin: $ whoami micekiller $ cd /etc/ $ mkpasswd.exe -l -g passwd $ cat passwd SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Backup Operators:*:551:551:,S-1-5-32-551:: Guests:*:546:546:,S-1-5-32-546:: Power Users:*:547:547:,S-1-5-32-547:: Replicator:*:552:552:,S-1-5-32-552:: Users:*:545:545:,S-1-5-32-545:: Debugger Users:*:1002:1002:,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-1002:: Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-SN2307128\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash ASPNET:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1001:513:ASP.NET Machine Account,U-SN2307128\ASPNET,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-1001:/home/ASPNET:/bin/bash Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-SN2307128\Guest,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash micekiller:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:micekiller,U-SN2307128\micekiller,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-1000:/home/micekiller:/bin/bash Ok so far, as long as you have no domain users... now I change my uid to 18 Ouch, not a good idea. $ cat passwd .. micekiller:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:18:18:micekiller,U-SN2307128\micekiller,S-1-5-21-1123561945-682003330-839522115-1000:/home/micekiller:/bin/bash ... restart cygwin, then $ whoami SYSTEM Nope. You aren't really SYSTEM, your SID (that string starting with S-) is still that for U-SN2307128\micekiller. Cygwin thinks your name is SYSTEM, but it isn't. Besides, you don't need to do that. cygrunsrv will install services as SYSTEM by default, regardless of the current user. $ cygrunsrv.exe -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron.exe -a -D -d damn cron -e CYGWIN=ntsec $ cygrunsrv.exe -S cron $ cygrunsrv.exe -Q cron Service : cron Display name: cygwin cron Current State : Running Controls Accepted : Stop Command : /usr/sbin/cron.exe -D $ crontab -l # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.1200 installed on Fri Oct 7 18:26:04 2005) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.8 2004/12/21 16:14:41 corinna Exp $) * 18 * * * /bin/date /usr/tmp/date.out 21 the /usr/tmp permission is $ ls -l /usr/ total 648 drwxrwxrwx+ 2 Administrators SYSTEM 0 Oct 7 14:22 tmp ... finally the cron.pid permission is $ ls -l /var/run/ total 6 -rwxrwxrwx 1 SYSTEM root 5 Oct 7 18:23 cron.pid -rwxrwxrwx 1 Administrators SYSTEM 616 Oct 7 18:20 utmp -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 24 Oct 7 18:09 ~x I wait wait wait, but the /usr/tmp directory is always empty ... $ ls -l /usr/tmp/ total 0 In my Application Log there are only message about LST, RELOAD, EDIT etc... I'm desperate :-) Try doing this without changing your UID to 18. In fact, is there a
Re: Cron problem on Windows 2003
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: Igor Pechtchanski wrote: I don't know, I kind of prefer the way it's phrased in the openssh.README (i.e., a special note about the user privileges in Win2003, rather than a common description). That README also has a nice step-by-step description of what sshd-host-config does, so that the users have the option to do the installation steps manually (or verify that the needed things were created). But hey, I don't use cron extensively, and I certainly can't speak for new users... Thanks for the feedback, Igor. The need for the special user is generic to all services (sshd, crond, exim...). Instead of repeating the same info in all the readmes, I will refer to http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-switch although that section should be corrected and expanded. Sounds like a good idea, Pierre. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- 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/
Cron problem on Windows 2003
We have cygwin ver. 1.5.12 We try to install cygwin cron on Win 2003 with cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D string. We started service with cygrunsrv -S cron. Service start all successfully. Our scripts don't start. When we try to install the cron service by user Administrator from bash, the administrato's scripts start. Any idea. Regards Federico Ballarin -- 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/
Re: Cron problem on Windows 2003
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Ballarin Federico, PD wrote: We have cygwin ver. 1.5.12 We try to install cygwin cron on Win 2003 with cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D string. We started service with cygrunsrv -S cron. Service start all successfully. Our scripts don't start. When we try to install the cron service by user Administrator from bash, the administrato's scripts start. Not the most obvious place to look for this, but read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README, where it says Important note for Windows 2003 Server users. HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- 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/
Re: Cron problem on Windows 2003
On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 02:11:47PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Ballarin Federico, PD wrote: We have cygwin ver. 1.5.12 We try to install cygwin cron on Win 2003 with cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D string. We started service with cygrunsrv -S cron. Service start all successfully. Our scripts don't start. When we try to install the cron service by user Administrator from bash, the administrato's scripts start. Not the most obvious place to look for this, but read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README, where it says Important note for Windows 2003 Server users. There is also http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2005-01/msg4.html announcing the availability of /usr/bin/cron-config Pierre -- 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/
Re: Cron problem on Windows 2003
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: On Fri, Jan 28, 2005 at 02:11:47PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Ballarin Federico, PD wrote: We have cygwin ver. 1.5.12 We try to install cygwin cron on Win 2003 with cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D string. We started service with cygrunsrv -S cron. Service start all successfully. Our scripts don't start. When we try to install the cron service by user Administrator from bash, the administrato's scripts start. Not the most obvious place to look for this, but read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README, where it says Important note for Windows 2003 Server users. There is also http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2005-01/msg4.html announcing the availability of /usr/bin/cron-config 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. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- 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/
Re: Cron problem on Windows 2003
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/
Re: Cron problem on Windows 2003
On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, Pierre A. Humblet wrote: 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). I don't know, I kind of prefer the way it's phrased in the openssh.README (i.e., a special note about the user privileges in Win2003, rather than a common description). That README also has a nice step-by-step description of what sshd-host-config does, so that the users have the option to do the installation steps manually (or verify that the needed things were created). But hey, I don't use cron extensively, and I certainly can't speak for new users... Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse... -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- 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/
Re: Cron problem on Windows 2003
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: I don't know, I kind of prefer the way it's phrased in the openssh.README (i.e., a special note about the user privileges in Win2003, rather than a common description). That README also has a nice step-by-step description of what sshd-host-config does, so that the users have the option to do the installation steps manually (or verify that the needed things were created). But hey, I don't use cron extensively, and I certainly can't speak for new users... Thanks for the feedback, Igor. The need for the special user is generic to all services (sshd, crond, exim...). Instead of repeating the same info in all the readmes, I will refer to http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-switch although that section should be corrected and expanded. Pierre -- 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/
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
Larry Hall wrote: This doesn't explain why it worked at my last company and why I could have sworn it used to work here up until about a week ago. Well, if you can check the access permissions on the share in question, you should be able to determine whether this is an issue or not. At this company I don't think they'll let me. But assuming I could, what exactly would I look for? IOW what would indicate a public mount and what would indicate a non-public mount? -- Daddy, why doesn't this magnet pick up this floppy disk? -- 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/
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
At 02:25 AM 8/19/2004, you wrote: Larry Hall wrote: This doesn't explain why it worked at my last company and why I could have sworn it used to work here up until about a week ago. Well, if you can check the access permissions on the share in question, you should be able to determine whether this is an issue or not. At this company I don't think they'll let me. But assuming I could, what exactly would I look for? IOW what would indicate a public mount and what would indicate a non-public mount? See if Everybody or Guest have permissions. Generally speaking, you're looking for ids with access which don't require authentication. For pre-defined groups, this comes down to the two I mentioned. Theoretically, others could be created that fit this definition but limit access to just those within a defined group. I haven't tested the notion. It's just an idea that seems workable. -- 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/
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
Larry Hall wrote: At 09:39 PM 8/17/2004, you wrote: I'm having a problem with cron in this new environment. I cannot execute any of my own scripts in my ~/bin. I was also having problems executing even things in /tmp! So like a good little boy I decided to read the readme for cron again before asking here. Trouble is I have no cron readme! I remember it was in /usr/doc/Cygwin but alas: Cygwin docs should now be in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin. All packages are moving that direction. Ah yes. I knew there was another place to look but all I could remember was /usr/doc. I'll have a look see when I get into work. $ ls /usr/doc/cygwin ctags-5.5.README* openssl-0.9.7d.README* whois-4.6.14-1.README* ghostscript-7.05.README* procps-010801.README* mc-4.6.0.README* rxvt-2.7.10.README* So I figured Oops, guess I didn't install all the documentation and fired up setup.exe to download from the internet. I use ftp://planetmirror.com and when I attempt to do that I get: (null) line 1537: parse error, unexpected COMMA, expecting STRING (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) Problem is I *do* have the latest version of setup! I just downloaded it again to make sure. Same error. Tried mirrors.kernel.org - same error! I assume you've seen http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-08/msg00587.html by now. If not, read through it. The problem is fixed. Yes, saw it right after I posted this. Tried a quick download from planetmirror.com again and received the same error. I assumed the fixes was purqulating(sp?) and decided to try again today. Again, once I get into work... As for my cron problem I can execute rudimentary commands such as ls, pwd and redirect the output to /tmp/debug.log. From that I can see that pwd tells me that I'm in /var/cron. The script I want to execute is under ~/bin (which is on a network share). I copied that script to /tmp and insured that it was set 777. Then I performed the following cron jobs: 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 Here's the result: /var/cron tabs -rwxrwxrwx 1 TPAD3741 Domain U 5201 Aug 17 17:15 /tmp/myscript /tmp/myscript never get's executed. Sorry, can't really help here. There's just not enough information about what your script does or what your environment for me to hazard a guess. If you post more details or, better yet, a small test case, I can try it. The simple test I did which just echos Hello World from a bash script worked fine for me. Well initially it was a Perl script that I'm trying to run through cron. But I then stripped it down to just: #!/bin/bash echo testme /tmp/debug.log 21 Nothing additional got written into /tmp/debug.log. -- Diplomacy - the art of letting someone have your way. -- 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/
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Larry Hall wrote: At 09:39 PM 8/17/2004, you wrote: I'm having a problem with cron in this new environment. I cannot execute any of my own scripts in my ~/bin. I was also having problems executing even things in /tmp! [snip] As for my cron problem I can execute rudimentary commands such as ls, pwd and redirect the output to /tmp/debug.log. From that I can see that pwd tells me that I'm in /var/cron. The script I want to execute is under ~/bin (which is on a network share). I copied that script to /tmp and insured that it was set 777. Then I performed the following cron jobs: 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 Here's the result: /var/cron tabs -rwxrwxrwx 1 TPAD3741 Domain U 5201 Aug 17 17:15 /tmp/myscript /tmp/myscript never get's executed. Sorry, can't really help here. There's just not enough information about what your script does or what your environment for me to hazard a guess. If you post more details or, better yet, a small test case, I can try it. The simple test I did which just echos Hello World from a bash script worked fine for me. Well initially it was a Perl script that I'm trying to run through cron. But I then stripped it down to just: #!/bin/bash echo testme /tmp/debug.log 21 Nothing additional got written into /tmp/debug.log. You have, of course, reviewed Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html and thought of attaching the output of cygcheck -svr, right? Also, did you try cron_diagnose.sh (Google for it)? I suspect some or all of your mounts may not be visible to cron... Do your cron jobs above (i.e., 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 ) still work correctly after changing ls to /bin/ls? Does changing /tmp/myscript to sh -c '/tmp/myscript' help any? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing. -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw -- 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/
RE: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
-Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski Sent: 18 August 2004 16:54 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 I haven't been following, so PMFBI, but can I just point out that it may well be necessary that the 21 should precede the /tmp/debug.log if you want stderr to actually end up in the log file BTW, uname -a; pwd; set; export might be a good diagnostic command to add as a cron job isn't this almost certainly a wrong-user-executing-the-job problem? cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- 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/
RE: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski Sent: 18 August 2004 16:54 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 I haven't been following, so PMFBI, but can I just point out that it may well be necessary that the 21 should precede the /tmp/debug.log if you want stderr to actually end up in the log file Nope, that part was correct. If you put 21 before the redirection, stderr will end up on stdout. See the sh and bash manpages. BTW, uname -a; pwd; set; export might be a good diagnostic command to add as a cron job isn't this almost certainly a wrong-user-executing-the-job problem? Huh? uname -a should only be useful if there's more than one Cygwin version on the machine -- otherwise, the output should be identical for all users. pwd is already there. I don't see how set;export; is relevant at all, frankly... Did you, by chance, mean id instead? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing. -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw -- 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/
RE: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
-Original Message- From: Igor Pechtchanski Sent: 18 August 2004 17:19 On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski Sent: 18 August 2004 16:54 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 I haven't been following, so PMFBI, but can I just point out that it may well be necessary that the 21 should precede the /tmp/debug.log if you want stderr to actually end up in the log file Nope, that part was correct. If you put 21 before the redirection, stderr will end up on stdout. See the sh and bash manpages. My bad. GOK how I managed to misremember that, but I was sooo certain that I'd had to painfully discover that they needed to be the other way round myself once. Guess I must have discovered it the way round you've got it, after all. I just tested redirection under cmd.exe and even that behaves the same way, so I didn't even get it from M$-world. Pardon my confabulation. BTW, uname -a; pwd; set; export might be a good diagnostic command to add as a cron job isn't this almost certainly a wrong-user-executing-the-job problem? Huh? uname -a should only be useful if there's more than one Cygwin version on the machine -- otherwise, the output should be identical for all users. pwd is already there. I don't see how set;export; is relevant at all, frankly... Did you, by chance, mean id instead? I meant id rather than uname, yes. As for set; export, I don't see how you can consider the execution environment to _not_ be relevant; it's full of useful and even vital diagnostic information, such as $PATH, to name but one cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: Igor Pechtchanski Sent: 18 August 2004 17:19 On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Dave Korn wrote: -Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski Sent: 18 August 2004 16:54 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 I haven't been following, so PMFBI, but can I just point out that it may well be necessary that the 21 should precede the /tmp/debug.log if you want stderr to actually end up in the log file Nope, that part was correct. If you put 21 before the redirection, stderr will end up on stdout. See the sh and bash manpages. My bad. GOK how I managed to misremember that, but I was sooo certain that I'd had to painfully discover that they needed to be the other way round myself once. Guess I must have discovered it the way round you've got it, after all. I just tested redirection under cmd.exe and even that behaves the same way, so I didn't even get it from M$-world. Pardon my confabulation. BTW, uname -a; pwd; set; export might be a good diagnostic command to add as a cron job isn't this almost certainly a wrong-user-executing-the-job problem? Huh? uname -a should only be useful if there's more than one Cygwin version on the machine -- otherwise, the output should be identical for all users. pwd is already there. I don't see how set;export; is relevant at all, frankly... Did you, by chance, mean id instead? I meant id rather than uname, yes. As for set; export, I don't see how you can consider the execution environment to _not_ be relevant; it's full of useful and even vital diagnostic information, such as $PATH, to name but one Ah, my turn to play dumb. I didn't realize that set;export will actually print out the environment and the exported names. Moreover, I didn't realize it'll do so under /bin/sh as well. Oh, well, ignore that last comment about set;export, please... Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Happiness lies in being privileged to work hard for long hours in doing whatever you think is worth doing. -- Dr. Jubal Harshaw -- 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/
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
Igor Pechtchanski wrote: On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Larry Hall wrote: At 09:39 PM 8/17/2004, you wrote: I'm having a problem with cron in this new environment. I cannot execute any of my own scripts in my ~/bin. I was also having problems executing even things in /tmp! [snip] As for my cron problem I can execute rudimentary commands such as ls, pwd and redirect the output to /tmp/debug.log. From that I can see that pwd tells me that I'm in /var/cron. The script I want to execute is under ~/bin (which is on a network share). I copied that script to /tmp and insured that it was set 777. Then I performed the following cron jobs: 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 Here's the result: /var/cron tabs -rwxrwxrwx 1 TPAD3741 Domain U 5201 Aug 17 17:15 /tmp/myscript /tmp/myscript never get's executed. Sorry, can't really help here. There's just not enough information about what your script does or what your environment for me to hazard a guess. If you post more details or, better yet, a small test case, I can try it. The simple test I did which just echos Hello World from a bash script worked fine for me. Well initially it was a Perl script that I'm trying to run through cron. But I then stripped it down to just: #!/bin/bash echo testme /tmp/debug.log 21 Nothing additional got written into /tmp/debug.log. You have, of course, reviewed Yes I have but there was nothing there. Changed myscript to echo to /tmp/myscript.log so as not to have any problems with other things writing to /tmp/debug.log. No /tmp/myscript.log file was created. Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html and thought of attaching the output of cygcheck -svr, right? Yeah I thought about it! :-) OK I've attached it Also, did you try cron_diagnose.sh (Google for it)? I suspect some or all of your mounts may not be visible to cron... cron_diagnose.sh did point out that my /etc/passwd and /etc/group lacked read permission! Well it didn't actually lack read permission rather it was a symlink to network share. Actually it was a mount to a network share. So apparently I can't link passwd and group (I know, I know you hardliners will say You shouldn't symlink such things to network locations! What happens if the network is down and you try to login? - well I'm already logged into Windows so there is no real login happening under Cygwin. Yes there is a risk if the network is down then I will not have passwd, group, etc. Then again, whenever the network is down I'm either not working or working on the network problem anyway, but I digress..). Switched this to local copies. Now some things are working better. Do your cron jobs above (i.e., 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 ) still work correctly after changing ls to /bin/ls? Does changing /tmp/myscript to sh -c '/tmp/myscript' help any? With local /etc/passwd and /etc/group I'm able to execute /tmp/myscript. However I wish to execute ~/bin/somescript. I can't seem to get to $HOME! Now 'round here they map the P drive to the home share via //server/username$ - yeah that dollar sign thingy in Windows. I had done a mount -bsf //server/$USERNAME\$ /home a long time ago. However trying to ls /home/bin doesn't work in cron. Neither does ls P: nor even ls //server/$USERNAME\$! This can be seen by the following output: Executing myscript TPAD3741 \\rtnlprod02\viewstore\webtest\CM_DOCS\Web on /wwwtest type system (binmode) \\rtnlprod02\viewstore\webview\CM_DOCS\Web on /www type system (binmode) \\rtnlprod02\viewstore\PMO\CM_TOOLS on /pmo type system (binmode) \\isdata01\TPAD3741$ on /home2 type system (binmode) C:\Program Files on /apps type system (binmode) C:\Cygwin\bin on /usr/bin type system (binmode) C:\Cygwin\lib on /usr/lib type system (binmode) C:\Cygwin on / type system (binmode) M: on /view type system (binmode) P: on /home type system (binmode) b: on /dev/b type system (binmode,noumount) c: on /dev/c type system (binmode,noumount) New connections will be remembered.^M Status Local RemoteNetwork^M --- M:\\viewClearCase Dynamic Views \\view\defariaClearCase Dynamic Views The command completed successfully.^M ls: p:: No such file or directory ls: //isdata01/TPAD3741$: No such file or directory End of myscript For some reason the P drive is not available to cron at all (Note at a previous company I was able to get to my home share merely by using the mount -bsf //server/share to /home and refering to /home/$USERNAME for the $HOME variable. Here they do not export a share under which all users reside, rather they map, probably from ntlogin.bat, the specific, hidden $USERNAME share directly
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
At 10:44 PM 8/18/2004, you wrote: So is P or /home off limits when it comes to cron? Why did this work at my last company? I think it's probably due to the public share point versus non-public share point (which I never totally understood before) and I'm fearing that I will not be able to convince the powers that be to change it! :-( Bingo! You can always resort to running cron as you instead of 'SYSTEM'. As long as you're the only user that needs to run under 'cron', that should work without changing the permissions of your network shares. -- 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/
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
Larry Hall wrote: At 10:44 PM 8/18/2004, you wrote: So is P or /home off limits when it comes to cron? Why did this work at my last company? I think it's probably due to the public share point versus non-public share point (which I never totally understood before) and I'm fearing that I will not be able to convince the powers that be to change it! :-( Bingo! You can always resort to running cron as you instead of 'SYSTEM'. As long as you're the only user that needs to run under 'cron', that should work without changing the permissions of your network shares. I'd hate to have to resort to that! This doesn't explain why it worked at my last company and why I could have sworn it used to work here up until about a week ago. -- Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup? -- 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/
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
At 11:13 PM 8/18/2004, you wrote: Larry Hall wrote: At 10:44 PM 8/18/2004, you wrote: So is P or /home off limits when it comes to cron? Why did this work at my last company? I think it's probably due to the public share point versus non-public share point (which I never totally understood before) and I'm fearing that I will not be able to convince the powers that be to change it! :-( Bingo! You can always resort to running cron as you instead of 'SYSTEM'. As long as you're the only user that needs to run under 'cron', that should work without changing the permissions of your network shares. I'd hate to have to resort to that! This doesn't explain why it worked at my last company and why I could have sworn it used to work here up until about a week ago. Well, if you can check the access permissions on the share in question, you should be able to determine whether this is an issue or not. -- 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/
Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
I'm having a problem with cron in this new environment. I cannot execute any of my own scripts in my ~/bin. I was also having problems executing even things in /tmp! So like a good little boy I decided to read the readme for cron again before asking here. Trouble is I have no cron readme! I remember it was in /usr/doc/Cygwin but alas: $ ls /usr/doc/cygwin ctags-5.5.README* openssl-0.9.7d.README* whois-4.6.14-1.README* ghostscript-7.05.README* procps-010801.README* mc-4.6.0.README* rxvt-2.7.10.README* So I figured Oops, guess I didn't install all the documentation and fired up setup.exe to download from the internet. I use ftp://planetmirror.com and when I attempt to do that I get: (null) line 1537: parse error, unexpected COMMA, expecting STRING (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) Problem is I *do* have the latest version of setup! I just downloaded it again to make sure. Same error. Tried mirrors.kernel.org - same error! As for my cron problem I can execute rudimentary commands such as ls, pwd and redirect the output to /tmp/debug.log. From that I can see that pwd tells me that I'm in /var/cron. The script I want to execute is under ~/bin (which is on a network share). I copied that script to /tmp and insured that it was set 777. Then I performed the following cron jobs: 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 Here's the result: /var/cron tabs -rwxrwxrwx1 TPAD3741 Domain U 5201 Aug 17 17:15 /tmp/myscript /tmp/myscript never get's executed. -- Okay, who put a stop payment on my reality check? -- 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/
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
At 09:39 PM 8/17/2004, you wrote: I'm having a problem with cron in this new environment. I cannot execute any of my own scripts in my ~/bin. I was also having problems executing even things in /tmp! So like a good little boy I decided to read the readme for cron again before asking here. Trouble is I have no cron readme! I remember it was in /usr/doc/Cygwin but alas: Cygwin docs should now be in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin. All packages are moving that direction. $ ls /usr/doc/cygwin ctags-5.5.README* openssl-0.9.7d.README* whois-4.6.14-1.README* ghostscript-7.05.README* procps-010801.README* mc-4.6.0.README* rxvt-2.7.10.README* So I figured Oops, guess I didn't install all the documentation and fired up setup.exe to download from the internet. I use ftp://planetmirror.com and when I attempt to do that I get: (null) line 1537: parse error, unexpected COMMA, expecting STRING (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) Problem is I *do* have the latest version of setup! I just downloaded it again to make sure. Same error. Tried mirrors.kernel.org - same error! I assume you've seen http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-08/msg00587.html by now. If not, read through it. The problem is fixed. As for my cron problem I can execute rudimentary commands such as ls, pwd and redirect the output to /tmp/debug.log. From that I can see that pwd tells me that I'm in /var/cron. The script I want to execute is under ~/bin (which is on a network share). I copied that script to /tmp and insured that it was set 777. Then I performed the following cron jobs: 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 Here's the result: /var/cron tabs -rwxrwxrwx1 TPAD3741 Domain U 5201 Aug 17 17:15 /tmp/myscript /tmp/myscript never get's executed. Sorry, can't really help here. There's just not enough information about what your script does or what your environment for me to hazard a guess. If you post more details or, better yet, a small test case, I can try it. The simple test I did which just echos Hello World from a bash script worked fine for me. -- 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/
Re: Cron problem/Documentation and Setup
At 10:38 PM 8/17/2004, you wrote At 09:39 PM 8/17/2004, you wrote: I'm having a problem with cron in this new environment. I cannot execute any of my own scripts in my ~/bin. I was also having problems executing even things in /tmp! So like a good little boy I decided to read the readme for cron again before asking here. Trouble is I have no cron readme! I remember it was in /usr/doc/Cygwin but alas: Cygwin docs should now be in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin. All packages are moving that direction. $ ls /usr/doc/cygwin ctags-5.5.README* openssl-0.9.7d.README* whois-4.6.14-1.README* ghostscript-7.05.README* procps-010801.README* mc-4.6.0.README* rxvt-2.7.10.README* So I figured Oops, guess I didn't install all the documentation and fired up setup.exe to download from the internet. I use ftp://planetmirror.com and when I attempt to do that I get: (null) line 1537: parse error, unexpected COMMA, expecting STRING (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) (null) line 1537: unrecognized line 1537 (do you have the latest setup?) Problem is I *do* have the latest version of setup! I just downloaded it again to make sure. Same error. Tried mirrors.kernel.org - same error! I assume you've seen http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-08/msg00587.html by now. If not, read through it. The problem is fixed. As for my cron problem I can execute rudimentary commands such as ls, pwd and redirect the output to /tmp/debug.log. From that I can see that pwd tells me that I'm in /var/cron. The script I want to execute is under ~/bin (which is on a network share). I copied that script to /tmp and insured that it was set 777. Then I performed the following cron jobs: 18 17 * * * pwd /tmp/debug.log 21 19 17 * * * ls /tmp/debug.log 21 20 17 * * * ls -l /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 21 17 * * * /tmp/myscript /tmp/debug.log 21 Here's the result: /var/cron tabs -rwxrwxrwx1 TPAD3741 Domain U 5201 Aug 17 17:15 /tmp/myscript /tmp/myscript never get's executed. Sorry, can't really help here. There's just not enough information about what your script does or what your environment for me to hazard a guess. ^^^ is If you post more details or, better yet, a small test case, I can try it. The simple test I did which just echos Hello World from a bash script worked fine for me. -- 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/
RE: cron problem with authentication
-Original Message- From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Mike Kenny - BCX - Mngd Services Sent: 27 May 2004 10:07 I have a situation where, on the windows side, cron is running as user 'mqdisp'. The PS shows that cron is running as SYSTEM, I hope the above better explains my problem. Not exactly! On the cywin side, mqdisp is the user that is trying to run the cron job that attaches to MQ Series. AYS? I take it you say this because you were logged in as that user when you ran crontab? BTW, is there some way that I can login as 'system'? This might provide a way around this problem. Also not exactly! Heh. Let me be clearer. It seems to me that you want cron to run as user mqdisp rather than user SYSTEM. SYSTEM is a local account; it has utmost (rooter-than-root) priviliges on your local machine but it's not a member of the domain and has no access rights there. [754] MQSeries Type: WARNING Computer: TEST1 Time: 2004/05/27 10:50:14 ID: 8074 Authorization failed as the SID 'S-1-5-21-776561741-1935655697-1343024091-1007' does not match the entity 'system'. The Object Authority Manager received inconsistent data - the supplied SID doe s not match that of the supplied entity information. Ensure that the application is supplying valid entity and SID information. Yep, that's mqdisp's sid, not SYSTEM's. SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: mqdisp:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1007:513:mqdisp,U-TEST1\mqdisp,S-1 -5-21-776561741-19 35655697-1343024091-1007:/home/mqdisp:/bin/bash I think the real question is, did you use the --user and --passwd options to cygrunsrv when you installed crond? This tells cygrunsrv to use the windoze 'RunAs' service to start crond as the user you choose. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today -- 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/
RE: cron problem with authentication
On Thu, 27 May 2004, Mike Kenny - BCX - Mngd Services wrote: From: Larry Hall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR. At 03:52 AM 5/26/2004, you wrote: I previously posted a problem where a job failed attaching to an MQ Q Manager when run from cron. The explanation that was provided was that because MQ authenticates the user using the NT services and cron had had to su to that user, bypassing these services, that the user running the job did not then have the correct credentials. This sounds plausible and certainly explains the behaviour I see, but what would be involved in cron checking to see under which user the cygwin session is running and if this is the same user as the cygwin cron service is running under. If they are the same then do not do the change of user? Would this enable the cron job to run with the correct credentials? Or am I totally misunderstanding the problem? I admit that I know little or nothing about either Windows security or how cygwin interacts with it. Thanks for any comments on this In the default installation, the user doing the su (as you refer to it) is the SYSTEM user. The SYSTEM user has no access to remote SMB shares. So your idea doesn't work because it assumes something that isn't true. One possible alternative is to run cron as the user you want to run jobs as. I don't recall, off-the-top-of-my-head, whether cron assumes that it will run as SYSTEM and, if so, this approach probably wouldn't work without changing the code. Another alternative might be to use a service which allows accessing remote directories without requiring Windows authentication (i.e. not SMB). Larry, first, thanks for taking the time to respond. Possibly I do not understand your comments, but I am confused by the reference to shares. I have a situation where, on the windows side, cron is running as user 'mqdisp'. This user is a member of the mqm group (required for MQ Series) and is an Administrator with permissions to log in as a service and to act as part of the Operating System. On the cywin side, mqdisp is the user that is trying to run the cron job that attaches to MQ Series. My event log is showing me the following: [754] MQSeries Type: WARNING Computer: TEST1 Time: 2004/05/27 10:50:14 ID: 8074 Authorization failed as the SID 'S-1-5-21-776561741-1935655697-1343024091-1007' does not match the entity 'system'. The Object Authority Manager received inconsistent data - the supplied SID does not match that of the supplied entity information. Ensure that the application is supplying valid entity and SID information. While /etc/passwd has the following: SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: mqdisp:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1007:513:mqdisp,U-TEST1\mqdisp,S-1-5-21-776561741-1935655697-1343024091-1007:/home/mqdisp:/bin/bash The PS shows that cron is running as SYSTEM, and it seems that it is trying to use mqdisp's credentials to authenticate system. I hope the above better explains my problem. Did you look at http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#NTSEC-SETUID? BTW, is there some way that I can login as 'system'? This might provide a way around this problem. There is, but I doubt it'd be helpful. That said, Google for system-owned shell cygwin. Thanks for any input to this Just try what's already been suggested -- run the cron daemon as mqdisp (if that's the only thing you're using cron for) by using the --user and --passwd options to cygrunsrv. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) 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/
cron problem with authentication
I previously posted a problem where a job failed attaching to an MQ Q Manager when run from cron. The explanation that was provided was that because MQ authenticates the user using the NT services and cron had had to su to that user, bypassing these services, that the user running the job did not then have the correct credentials. This sounds plausible and certainly explains the behaviour I see, but what would be involved in cron checking to see under which user the cygwin session is running and if this is the same user as the cygwin cron service is running under. If they are the same then do not do the change of user? Would this enable the cron job to run with the correct credentials? Or am I totally misunderstanding the problem? I admit that I know little or nothing about either Windows security or how cygwin interacts with it. Thanks for any comments on this -- 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/
Re: cron problem with authentication
At 03:52 AM 5/26/2004, you wrote: I previously posted a problem where a job failed attaching to an MQ Q Manager when run from cron. The explanation that was provided was that because MQ authenticates the user using the NT services and cron had had to su to that user, bypassing these services, that the user running the job did not then have the correct credentials. This sounds plausible and certainly explains the behaviour I see, but what would be involved in cron checking to see under which user the cygwin session is running and if this is the same user as the cygwin cron service is running under. If they are the same then do not do the change of user? Would this enable the cron job to run with the correct credentials? Or am I totally misunderstanding the problem? I admit that I know little or nothing about either Windows security or how cygwin interacts with it. Thanks for any comments on this In the default installation, the user doing the su (as you refer to it) is the SYSTEM user. The SYSTEM user has no access to remote SMB shares. So your idea doesn't work because it assumes something that isn't true. One possible alternative is to run cron as the user you want to run jobs as. I don't recall, off-the-top-of-my-head, whether cron assumes that it will run as SYSTEM and, if so, this approach probably wouldn't work without changing the code. Another alternative might be to use a service which allows accessing remote directories without requiring Windows authentication (i.e. not SMB). -- 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/
cron problem report
Hi,
I have trouble getting my cron to work. I have tried cron_diagnosis.sh
1.3 but I could not find any problems. I also did the suggestion from
the cron_diagnosis.sh output but it does not work. Here is the crontab
-l, cron_diagnose.sh output and the cygcheck -srv output. Hope you can
help me.
% crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.3928 installed on Mon Mar 1 15:03:19 2004)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41 corinna Exp $)
* * * * * `date` ${HOME}/foo.log
%
-- output of cron_diganose.sh --
% bin/cron_diagnose.sh
cron_diagnose.sh 1.3
This script did not find any errors in your crontab setup.
If you are still unable to get cron to work, then try
shutting down the cron service, uninstalling it,
reinstalling it, and restarting it.
The following commands will do that:
$ cygrunsrv --stop cron
$ cygrunsrv --remove cron
$ cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
$ cygrunsrv --start cron
If the cron service does not start, try deleting the file
/var/run/cron.pid and then repeating the commands above.
If none of this fixes the problem, then report your problem
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please include a copy of your crontab,
('crontab -l') and the output of 'cygcheck -srv cygcheck.txt'.
PLEASE include the generated files 'cygcheck.txt' *as an attachment*,
and NOT in the body of the mail message.
Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Mon Mar 01 15:16:52 2004
Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
Path: c:\WINDOWS\system32
c:\WINDOWS
c:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem
C:\cygwin\bin
Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 1003(Seiji) GID: 513(None)
513(None)
Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 1003(Seiji) GID: 513(None)
0(root) 513(None)
544(Administrators) 545(Users)
SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\System32
WinDir: C:\WINDOWS
HOME = `C:\cygwin\Home\Seiji'
MAKE_MODE = `unix'
PWD = `/home/Seiji'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
APPDATA = `C:\Documents and Settings\Seiji\Application Data'
CLIENTNAME = `Console'
COMMONPROGRAMFILES = `C:\Program Files\Common Files'
COMPUTERNAME = `HEIMINSAMURAI'
COMSPEC = `C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe'
HOMEDRIVE = `C:'
HOMEPATH = `\Documents and Settings\Seiji'
LOGNAME = `Seiji'
LOGONSERVER = `\\HEIMINSAMURAI'
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1'
OLDPWD = `/home/Seiji/bin'
OS = `Windows_NT'
PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH'
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `15'
PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0209'
PROGRAMFILES = `C:\Program Files'
SESSIONNAME = `Console'
SHLVL = `1'
SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:'
SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINDOWS'
TEMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\Seiji\LOCALS~1\Temp'
TERM = `vt100'
TMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\Seiji\LOCALS~1\Temp'
TZ = `EST5EDT4,M4.1.0/2,M10.5.0/2'
USERDOMAIN = `HEIMINSAMURAI'
USERNAME = `Seiji'
USERPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\Seiji'
WINDIR = `C:\WINDOWS'
_ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
(default) = `/cygdrive'
cygdrive flags = 0x0022
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
(default) = `C:\cygwin'
flags = 0x000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
(default) = `C:\cygwin/bin'
flags = 0x000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
(default) = `C:\cygwin/lib'
flags = 0x000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
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d: cd N/AN/A
e: cd N/AN/A
f: hd NTFS 194474Mb 72% CP CS UN PA FC Max200G-2
h: fd N/AN/A
C:\cygwin / system binmode
C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode
C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode
. /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
Not Found: gdb
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe
61k 2003/08/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
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RE: cron problem report
Please try version 1.4. It has additional checks.
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2004-02/msg01341.html
-Original Message-
From: Seiji Tokunaga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: cron problem report
Hi,
I have trouble getting my cron to work. I have tried cron_diagnosis.sh
1.3 but I could not find any problems. I also did the suggestion from
the cron_diagnosis.sh output but it does not work. Here is the crontab
-l, cron_diagnose.sh output and the cygcheck -srv output. Hope you can
help me.
% crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.3928 installed on Mon Mar 1 15:03:19 2004)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41
corinna Exp $)
* * * * * `date` ${HOME}/foo.log
%
-- output of cron_diganose.sh --
% bin/cron_diagnose.sh
cron_diagnose.sh 1.3
This script did not find any errors in your crontab setup.
If you are still unable to get cron to work, then try
shutting down the cron service, uninstalling it,
reinstalling it, and restarting it.
The following commands will do that:
$ cygrunsrv --stop cron
$ cygrunsrv --remove cron
$ cygrunsrv --install cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
$ cygrunsrv --start cron
If the cron service does not start, try deleting the file
/var/run/cron.pid and then repeating the commands above.
If none of this fixes the problem, then report your problem
to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please include a copy of your crontab,
('crontab -l') and the output of 'cygcheck -srv cygcheck.txt'.
PLEASE include the generated files 'cygcheck.txt' *as an attachment*,
and NOT in the body of the mail message.
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RE: cron problem report
% crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.3928 installed on Mon Mar 1 15:03:19 2004)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41
corinna Exp $)
* * * * * `date` ${HOME}/foo.log
%
Do not include backquotes on 'date' -- you
are instructing cron to execute the date
string. Simply use:
* * * * * date /usr/tmp/date.txt
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Re: cron problem report
* Seiji Tokunaga (2004-03-01 21:27 +0100)
I have trouble getting my cron to work.
Please consider explaining what you mean by this otherwise any answer
to your report won't satisfy you.
% crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.3928 installed on Mon Mar 1 15:03:19 2004)
# (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.7 2003/04/15 15:13:41 corinna Exp $)
* * * * * `date` ${HOME}/foo.log
This script (`date` ${HOME}/foo.log) doesn't even work in a plain
shell so for sure not in cron. Read /var/cron/log, the system and
application entries in the eventviewer and the mail that cron probably
sent you in ~/dead.letter.
Hint: use executables with full path in crontab or set PATH in
crontab. Don't take for granted that the normal environment variables
are set ($HOME) and consider reading the man page of crontab.
Thorsten
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Re: Cron problem after using hibernate
At 03:25 PM 12/20/2003, David Bath you wrote: I have been running cron for over a year now without any problems until recently. Typically I leave my PC running XP on all day and then hibernate it very late in the evening, turning it back on each morning. Cron would run without fail executing as expected until sometime after 11/21. Around that time I used setup to update all out of date programs, and 2 that updated were cygrunsrv and cron. After that update, cron no longer performs anything in my crontab once the PC has been hibernated and then turned back on. Rebooting or restrting cron by executing cygrunsrv -E cron then cygrunsrv -S cron fixes the problem everytime. The ps output always shows cron even when cron doesn't work. I've tried reverting to older cron and cygrunsrv in all combinations and none of it fixed the problem. I've looked over the problem reports and saw nothing there either. I've run the most recent cron_check.sh and it reports no problems. I've attached the cygcheck output, but not my crontab since it works correctly after the cron restarts so I doubt it's the problem. Do you google? http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg00978.html For future reference, this list prefers that you *attach* the output of cygcheck rather than including it in the context of the email message. Attaching helps limit 'false positive' hits when searching the archives. TIA for you help in this matter. -- 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/
Re: Cron problem after using hibernate
On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Larry Hall wrote: At 03:25 PM 12/20/2003, David Bath you wrote: [snip] I've attached the cygcheck output, but not my crontab since it works correctly after the cron restarts so I doubt it's the problem. Do you google? http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg00978.html For future reference, this list prefers that you *attach* the output of cygcheck rather than including it in the context of the email message. Attaching helps limit 'false positive' hits when searching the archives. TIA for you help in this matter. -- Larry Hall Larry, the cygcheck output *was* attached -- look at the Raw text. Guess someone needs to tweak the archive scripts (I'd take a look if I knew where they were). Line wrapping would have been nice, though. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) 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/
Re: Cron problem after using hibernate
Larry Hall wrote: At 03:25 PM 12/20/2003, David Bath you wrote: I have been running cron for over a year now without any problems until recently. Typically I leave my PC running XP on all day and then hibernate it very late in the evening, turning it back on each morning. Cron would run without fail executing as expected until sometime after 11/21. Around that time I used setup to update all out of date programs, and 2 that updated were cygrunsrv and cron. After that update, cron no longer performs anything in my crontab once the PC has been hibernated and then turned back on. Rebooting or restrting cron by executing cygrunsrv -E cron then cygrunsrv -S cron fixes the problem everytime. The ps output always shows cron even when cron doesn't work. I've tried reverting to older cron and cygrunsrv in all combinations and none of it fixed the problem. I've looked over the problem reports and saw nothing there either. I've run the most recent cron_check.sh and it reports no problems. I've attached the cygcheck output, but not my crontab since it works correctly after the cron restarts so I doubt it's the problem. Do you google? http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg00978.html Could be my problem, but as I mentioned it had worked flawlessly for at least a year even with daily hibernation until just very recently, so I'd be surprised if that is the cause of my problem. But on the other hand, being an experienced software engineer I know stranger things do happen, so you never know. For future reference, this list prefers that you *attach* the output of cygcheck rather than including it in the context of the email message. Attaching helps limit 'false positive' hits when searching the archives. TIA for you help in this matter. I did attach it as I have been a long time reader of this list and knew of this recommendation. It does show as an attachment in the digest I received this morning. TIA yourself Larry. -- 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/
Re: Cron problem after using hibernate
At 03:31 PM 12/21/2003, Igor Pechtchanski you wrote: On Sun, 21 Dec 2003, Larry Hall wrote: At 03:25 PM 12/20/2003, David Bath you wrote: [snip] I've attached the cygcheck output, but not my crontab since it works correctly after the cron restarts so I doubt it's the problem. Do you google? http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg00978.html For future reference, this list prefers that you *attach* the output of cygcheck rather than including it in the context of the email message. Attaching helps limit 'false positive' hits when searching the archives. TIA for you help in this matter. -- Larry Hall Larry, the cygcheck output *was* attached -- look at the Raw text. OK. Guess someone needs to tweak the archive scripts I guess so... -- 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/
Re: Cron problem after using hibernate
At 03:46 PM 12/21/2003, David Bath you wrote: Larry Hall wrote: At 03:25 PM 12/20/2003, David Bath you wrote: I have been running cron for over a year now without any problems until recently. Typically I leave my PC running XP on all day and then hibernate it very late in the evening, turning it back on each morning. Cron would run without fail executing as expected until sometime after 11/21. Around that time I used setup to update all out of date programs, and 2 that updated were cygrunsrv and cron. After that update, cron no longer performs anything in my crontab once the PC has been hibernated and then turned back on. Rebooting or restrting cron by executing cygrunsrv -E cron then cygrunsrv -S cron fixes the problem everytime. The ps output always shows cron even when cron doesn't work. I've tried reverting to older cron and cygrunsrv in all combinations and none of it fixed the problem. I've looked over the problem reports and saw nothing there either. I've run the most recent cron_check.sh and it reports no problems. I've attached the cygcheck output, but not my crontab since it works correctly after the cron restarts so I doubt it's the problem. Do you google? http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-10/msg00978.html Could be my problem, but as I mentioned it had worked flawlessly for at least a year even with daily hibernation until just very recently, so I'd be surprised if that is the cause of my problem. But on the other hand, being an experienced software engineer I know stranger things do happen, so you never know. Well, that seems to be the latest wisdom on this issue, unless someone else pipes up with some more specific debugging that would suggest otherwise. Of course, that doesn't mean there isn't a solution. But this post would suggest that the problem isn't Cygwin-specific. For future reference, this list prefers that you *attach* the output of cygcheck rather than including it in the context of the email message. Attaching helps limit 'false positive' hits when searching the archives. TIA for you help in this matter. I did attach it as I have been a long time reader of this list and knew of this recommendation. It does show as an attachment in the digest I received this morning. TIA yourself Larry. You're welcome. It doesn't show up as an attachment for me (that's fine) or the email archives (which I checked before commenting). Guess that's an issue for the archives, as Igor pointed out. -- 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/
Cron problem after using hibernate
I have been running cron for over a year now without any problems until
recently. Typically I leave my PC running XP on all day and then
hibernate it very late in the evening, turning it back on each morning.
Cron would run without fail executing as expected until sometime after
11/21. Around that time I used setup to update all out of date programs,
and 2 that updated were cygrunsrv and cron. After that update, cron no
longer performs anything in my crontab once the PC has been hibernated
and then turned back on. Rebooting or restrting cron by executing
cygrunsrv -E cron then cygrunsrv -S cron fixes the problem
everytime. The ps output always shows cron even when cron doesn't work.
I've tried reverting to older cron and cygrunsrv in all combinations and
none of it fixed the problem. I've looked over the problem reports and
saw nothing there either. I've run the most recent cron_check.sh and it
reports no problems.
I've attached the cygcheck output, but not my crontab since it works
correctly after the cron restarts so I doubt it's the problem.
Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Sat Dec 20 13:35:03 2003
Windows XP Home Edition Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
Path: .
C:\cygwin\home\David\scripts
C:\cygwin\home\David\bin
.
C:\cygwin\home\David\scripts
C:\cygwin\home\David\bin
C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
C:\cygwin\bin
C:\cygwin\bin
.
C:\cygwin\bin
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin
c:\WINDOWS\system32
c:\WINDOWS
c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
c:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM
c:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System
c:\WINDOWS
c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin
C:\cygwin\home\David\moderate
C:\cygwin\bin
C:\cygwin\bin
C:\cygwin\usr\sbin
C:\cygwin\home\David\moderate
C:\cygwin\usr\sbin
Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)
UID: 500(David) GID: 544(Administrators)
544(Administrators)
Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)
UID: 500(David) GID: 544(Administrators)
544(Administrators) 545(Users)
SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\System32
WinDir: C:\WINDOWS
HOME = `C:\cygwin\home\David'
MAKE_MODE = `unix'
USER = `David'
ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'
APPDATA = `C:\Documents and Settings\David\Application Data'
BLASTER = `A220 I7 D1 H7 P330 T6'
CDPATH = `.:/home/David:/home/David/moderate:/home/David/rahe'
CDSET = `set'
CLASSPATH = `C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.0_01\lib\ext\QTJava.zip;C:\Program
Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.0_01\lib\ext\QTJava.zip'
CLIENTNAME = `Console'
COMMONPROGRAMFILES = `C:\Program Files\Common Files'
COMPUTERNAME = `DESKTOP'
COMSPEC = `C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe'
CTSYN = `C:\WINDOWS'
CYGWIN_ROOT = `c:\cygwin'
DISPLAY = `127.0.0.1:0.0'
EDITOR = `nedit -columns 70 -xrm nedit.maxPrevOpenFiles: 0'
ENV = `${START[ (_$- = 1) + (_ = 0) - (_$- != _${-%%*i*}) ]}'
HISTFILE = `/home/David/.sh_history'
HISTSIZE = `1024'
HOMEDRIVE = `C:'
HOMEPATH = `\Documents and Settings\David'
HOST = `desktop'
LOGNAME = `David'
LOGONSERVER = `\\DESKTOP'
MAIL = `/var/spool/mail/David'
MAILCHECK = `0'
MANPATH = `:/usr/X11R6/man:/usr/ssl/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man'
MOUSE = `c:\imouse'
NNTPSERVER = `news.newsguy.com'
NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1'
OS = `Windows_NT'
PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH'
PKG_CONFIG_PATH = `:/usr/X11R6/lib/pkgconfig'
PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86'
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 6 Model 2 Stepping 2, AuthenticAMD'
PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `6'
PROCESSOR_REVISION = `0202'
PROGRAMFILES = `C:\Program Files'
PROMPT = `$p$g'
PS1 = `desktop$ '
QTJAVA = `C:\Program Files\JavaSoft\JRE\1.3.0_01\lib\ext\QTJava.zip'
SBPCI = `C:\SBPCI'
SESSIONNAME = `Console'
SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:'
SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINDOWS'
TEMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\David\LOCALS~1\Temp'
TERM = `xterm'
USERDOMAIN = `DESKTOP'
USERNAME = `David'
USERPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\David'
WINBOOTDIR = `C:\WINDOWS'
WINDIR = `C:\WINDOWS'
WINDOWID = `6291470'
XAPPLRESDIR = `/home/David/.app-defaults'
_ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck'
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu2\Programs\Accessories\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrder\Start
Menu2\Programs\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
(default) = `/cygdrive'
cygdrive flags = 0x0022
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
(default) = `C:/cygwin'
flags = 0x000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus
Re: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
Eric De La Cruz Lugo wrote: The cron works now!, the output its ok (date.txt). but with my script the things are different, here are the files I use.. I tested the script from the command line and work flawlesly, but when i add it to my crontab it does not work has expected! the files are atached to the mail, and the output from the script being executed by the cron its there too. hope you can help me or advise me. My suspicion would be that somewhere along the line you are referencing a mount point or a mapped location that just is not accessible from cron. Cron's environment does not insure that all network locations are accessible. I remember asking about this in the past. There is some difference between mount points where some are global and some are not. IIRC I never got a satisfactory answer as to the question of how one tells the difference. You should probably add some cron entries to ls various files you depend on using their exact paths that you use in your scripts. One of them will most likely fail. Meantime you might want to set up SMTP so that cron can email you when you make typos like /usr/sbin/date... :-) -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
cron problem in W2K Proffesional
Hi!, i just installed cygwin in my PC in order to run a shell script, this script run just fine form the command line, now i need to run this script every minute (cron and crontab issue). I have read all the mail list and FAQ and README files and applied every posible hint and advise, but my script does not run from cron. here is my configuration. Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Fri Dec 06 10:41:26 2002 Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2 Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\bin c:\WINNT\system32 c:\WINNT c:\WINNT\System32\Wbem c:\Archivos de programa\progress c:\Archivos de programa\progress\bin c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin c:\progress\wrk\appreplicacion SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32 WinDir: C:\WINNT HOME = `C:\cygwin\home\asuncion1' MAKE_MODE = `unix' PWD = `/home/asuncion1' USER = `asuncion1' ALLUSERSPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\All Users' APPDATA = `C:\Documents and Settings\asuncion1\Datos de programa' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = `C:\Archivos de programa\Archivos comunes' COMPUTERNAME = `SRVCORDEMEX' COMSPEC = `C:\WINNT\system32\cmd.exe' DLC = `c:\Archivos de programa\Progress' DLCBIN = `c:\Archivos de programa\Progress\bin' HOMEDRIVE = `C:' HOMEPATH = `\' LOGONSERVER = `\\SRVCORDEMEX' MANPATH = `:/usr/ssl/man' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = `1' OLDPWD = `/usr/bin' OS2LIBPATH = `C:\WINNT\system32\os2\dll;' OS = `Windows_NT' PATHEXT = `.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = `x86' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = `x86 Family 15 Model 0 Stepping 10, GenuineIntel' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = `15' PROCESSOR_REVISION = `000a' PROCFG = `C:\Archivos de programa\Progress\progress.cfg' PROGRAMFILES = `C:\Archivos de programa' PROMPT = `$P$G' PROMSGS = `C:\Archivos de programa\Progress\promsgs' PROOIBRK = `C:\Archivos de programa\Progress\bin\oibrkr32.exe' PROOIDRV = `C:\Archivos de programa\Progress\bin\oidrvr32.exe' PROSTARTUP = `C:\Archivos de programa\Progress\startup_oib.pf' PS1 = `\[\033]0;\w\007 \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] $ ' SHLVL = `1' SYSTEMDRIVE = `C:' SYSTEMROOT = `C:\WINNT' TEMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\ASUNCI~1\CONFIG~1\Temp' TERM = `cygwin' TMP = `c:\DOCUME~1\ASUNCI~1\CONFIG~1\Temp' USERDOMAIN = `SRVCORDEMEX' USERNAME = `asuncion1' USERPROFILE = `C:\Documents and Settings\asuncion1' WINDIR = `C:\WINNT' _ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck' Use `-r' to scan registry a: fd N/AN/A c: hd NTFS 19085Mb 84% CP CS UN PA FC d: fd N/AN/A C:\cygwin / system binmode C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode . /cygdrive userbinmode,cygdrive Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\cat.exe Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe hides c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\cat.exe Not Found: cpp (good!) Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\find.exe Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe hides c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\find.exe Not Found: gcc Not Found: gdb Not Found: ld Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Found: c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\ls.exe Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe hides c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\ls.exe Found: c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\make.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe 45k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cygform5.dll v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 0:28 35k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cygform6.dll v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 0:03 19k 2002/02/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cyggdbm.dll v0.0 ts=2002/2/19 21:05 17k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cyghistory4.dll v0.0 ts=2001/1/6 22:34 20k 2002/10/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cyghistory5.dll v0.0 ts=2002/10/10 12:28 929k 2002/06/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cygiconv-2.dll v0.0 ts=2002/6/24 13:24 22k 2001/12/13 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cygintl-1.dll v0.0 ts=2001/12/13 3:28 28k 2002/09/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cygintl-2.dll v0.0 ts=2002/9/19 22:13 21k 2001/06/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cygintl.dll v0.0 ts=2001/6/20 12:09 26k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cygmenu5.dll v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 0:27 20k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cygmenu6.dll v0.0 ts=2002/1/9 0:03 156k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 cygncurses++5.dll v0.0 ts=2001/4/25 0:29 175k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
Re: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 08:49:06AM -0800, Eric De La Cruz Lugo wrote: Hi!, i just installed cygwin in my PC in order to run a shell script, this script run just fine form the command line, now i need to run this script every minute (cron and crontab issue). I have read all the mail list and FAQ and README files and applied every posible hint and advise, but my script does not run from cron. http://cygwin.com/bugs.html cgf -- Please do not send me personal email with cygwin questions or observations. Use the resources at http://cygwin.com/ . -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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Just for the record, i have done the following: cygrunsrv -E cron cygrunsrv -R cron cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e CYGWIN=tty ntsec cygrunsrv -S cron Here is my new output too. after doing: $CYGWIN='tty ntsec' $EXPORT CYGWIN Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Fri Dec 06 12:29:13 2002 Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 2 Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\bin c:\WINNT\system32 c:\WINNT c:\WINNT\System32\Wbem c:\Archivos de programa\progress c:\Archivos de programa\progress\bin c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin c:\progress\wrk\appreplicacion SysDir: C:\WINNT\System32 WinDir: C:\WINNT CYGWIN = `tty ntsec' HOME = `C:\cygwin\home\asuncion1' MAKE_MODE = `unix' PWD = `/home/asuncion1' USER = `asuncion1' Use `-r' to scan registry a: fd N/AN/A c: hd NTFS 19085Mb 84% CP CS UN PA FC d: fd FAT 95Mb 45% CPUN ZIP-100 C:\cygwin / system binmode C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode . /cygdrive userbinmode,cygdrive Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\cat.exe Not Found: cpp (good!) Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Found: c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\find.exe Not Found: gcc Not Found: gdb Not Found: ld Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Found: c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\ls.exe Found: c:\temp\bin\usr\local\wbin\make.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe 45k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll 35k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform6.dll 19k 2002/02/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll 17k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll 20k 2002/10/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory5.dll 929k 2002/06/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll 22k 2001/12/13 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-1.dll 28k 2002/09/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-2.dll 21k 2001/06/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll 26k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll 20k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu6.dll 156k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll 175k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++6.dll 226k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll 202k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses6.dll 15k 2001/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll 12k 2002/01/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel6.dll 40k 2001/11/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre.dll 39k 2001/11/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix.dll 22k 2002/06/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll 108k 2001/06/28 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll 127k 2002/10/10 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline5.dll 50k 2002/03/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll 906k 2002/11/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.3.15 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 63 Shared data: 3 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Thu Nov 7 13:57:47 EST 2002 CVS tag: cygwin-1-3-15-1 Shared id: cygwin1S3 Cygwin Package Information Package Version _update-info-dir00087-1 ash 20020731-1 base-files 1.0-1 base-passwd 1.0-1 bash2.05b-7 cron3.0.1-7 ctags 5.2-1 cygrunsrv 0.95-1 cygutils1.1.3-1 cygwin 1.3.15-2 diff1.0-1 diffutils 2.8.1-1 ed 0.2-1 fileutils 4.1-1 findutils 4.1.7-4 gawk3.1.1-5 gdbm1.8.0-4 gettext 0.11.5-1 grep2.5-1 gzip1.3.3-4 libiconv2 1.8-2 libintl 0.10.38-3 libintl10.10.40-1 libintl20.11.5-1 libncurses5 5.2-1 libncurses6 5.2-8 libpopt01.6.4-4 libreadline44.1-2 libreadline54.3-2 login 1.6-1 mc 4.5.55-1 nano1.1.10-1 ncurses 5.2-8 pcre3.7-1 readline4.3-2 rxvt2.7.2-14 sed 4.0.1-1
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Information about passwd and group files Just for the record (again) passwd file: SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: Administradores:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Administrador:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-SRVCORDEMEX\Administrador,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-500:/home/Administrador:/bin/bash asuncion1:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:asuncion,U-SRVCORDEMEX\asuncion1,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1000:/home/asuncion1:/bin/bash Gustavo:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1007:513:GUstavo Maqy Kuk,U-SRVCORDEMEX\Gustavo,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1007:/home/Gustavo:/bin/bash Invitado:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-SRVCORDEMEX\Invitado,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-501:/home/Invitado:/bin/bash IUSR_ASUNCION:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1001:513:Cuenta de invitado a Internet,U-SRVCORDEMEX\IUSR_ASUNCION,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1001:/home/IUSR_ASUNCION:/bin/bash IUSR_SRVCORDEMEX:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1009:513:Cuenta de invitado a Internet,U-SRVCORDEMEX\IUSR_SRVCORDEMEX,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1009:/home/IUSR_SRVCORDEMEX:/bin/bash IWAM_ASUNCION:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:513:Iniciar la cuenta de proceso IIS,U-SRVCORDEMEX\IWAM_ASUNCION,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1002:/home/IWAM_ASUNCION:/bin/bash IWAM_SRVCORDEMEX:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1010:513:Iniciar la cuenta de proceso IIS,U-SRVCORDEMEX\IWAM_SRVCORDEMEX,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1010:/home/IWAM_SRVCORDEMEX:/bin/bash rvargass:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1003:513:Roberto Vargas,U-SRVCORDEMEX\rvargass,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1003:/home/rvargass:/bin/bash tepeyac:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1008:513:tepeyac,U-SRVCORDEMEX\tepeyac,S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1008:/home/tepeyac:/bin/bash group file: SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18: Everyone:S-1-1-0:0: Ninguno:S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-513:513: Administradores:S-1-5-32-544:544: Duplicadores:S-1-5-32-552:552: Invitados:S-1-5-32-546:546: Operadores de copia:S-1-5-32-551:551: Usuarios:S-1-5-32-545:545: Usuarios avanzados:S-1-5-32-547:547: SRVCORDEMEX Administradores:S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1004:1004: SRVCORDEMEX Autores:S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1005:1005: SRVCORDEMEX Visitantes:S-1-5-21-854245398-1202660629-1343024091-1006:1006: Eric De La Cruz Lugo Merida, Yucatan, Mexico __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
1. Have you read /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README? 2. Have you tried using a simple crontab entry? What have you tried? For future reference, please include your 'cygcheck.txt' file as an attachment only. Just for the record, i have done the following: cygrunsrv -E cron cygrunsrv -R cron cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e CYGWIN=tty ntsec cygrunsrv -S cron Here is my new output too. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
1. Have you read /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README? Yes. 2. Have you tried using a simple crontab entry? What have you tried? yes i am using now the following example: crontab -e * * * * * /usr/bin/date /tmp/date.txt as you suggested to Buck Turgidson but there is nothing yet in /tmp/ (6 minutes waiting) yes the /tmp directory has the 777 permissions thanks for your hints! For future reference, please include your 'cygcheck.txt' file as an attachment only. Ok, I will. Eric De La Cruz Lugo Merida Yucatan Mexico. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
What are the ownership/permissions for '/var'? That is, ls -ld /var -Original Message- From: Eric De La Cruz Lugo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 2:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional 1. Have you read /usr/doc/Cygwin/cron.README? Yes. 2. Have you tried using a simple crontab entry? What have you tried? yes i am using now the following example: crontab -e * * * * * /usr/bin/date /tmp/date.txt as you suggested to Buck Turgidson but there is nothing yet in /tmp/ (6 minutes waiting) yes the /tmp directory has the 777 permissions thanks for your hints! For future reference, please include your 'cygcheck.txt' file as an attachment only. Ok, I will. Eric De La Cruz Lugo Merida Yucatan Mexico. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
--- Harig, Mark A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are the ownership/permissions for '/var'? That is, ls -ld /var drwxrwxrwx 6 Administ Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 /var drwxrwxrwx 3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 /var/cron drwxrwxrwx 2 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 13:04 /var/cron/tabs -rw-r- 1 asuncion SYSTEM234 Dec 6 13:04 /var/cron/tabs/asuncion1 (Ninguno = None) (sorry is windows 2k in spanish.) Eric De La Cruz Lugo Merida Yucatan Mexico __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
drwxrwxrwx 3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 /var/cron drwxrwxrwx 2 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 13:04 /var/cron/tabs For some reason, your 'sticky bit' settings didn't get set for /var/cron/ and /var/cron/tabs/. Instead of 'drwxrwxrwx', your permissions should be 'drwxrwxrwt'. Try: chmod 1777 /var/cron chmod 1777 /var/cron/tabs -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
Also, once you have done this, shut down your cron service and restart it. -Original Message- From: Harig, Mark A. Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:20 PM To: Eric De La Cruz Lugo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional drwxrwxrwx 3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 /var/cron drwxrwxrwx 2 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 13:04 /var/cron/tabs For some reason, your 'sticky bit' settings didn't get set for /var/cron/ and /var/cron/tabs/. Instead of 'drwxrwxrwx', your permissions should be 'drwxrwxrwt'. Try: chmod 1777 /var/cron chmod 1777 /var/cron/tabs -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
Ok, I have made the changes, now the directories show: total 4 drwxrwxrwx6 Administ Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 . drwxrwxrwx 10 Administ Ninguno 4096 Dec 5 19:38 .. drwxrwxrwt3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 cron drwxrwxrwx2 Administ Ninguno 0 Dec 5 18:46 log drwxrwxrwx2 Administ Ninguno 0 Dec 5 18:46 run drwxrwxrwx2 Administ Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 tmp total 1 drwxrwxrwt3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 . drwxrwxrwx6 Administ Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 .. -rw-rw-rw-1 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 lista -rw-rw-rw-1 asuncion Ninguno 318 Dec 6 15:44 listatabs.txt drwxrwxrwt2 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 tabs total 2 drwxrwxrwt2 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 . drwxrwxrwt3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 .. -rw-r-1 asuncion SYSTEM234 Dec 6 13:04 asuncion1 -rw-rw-rw-1 asuncion Ninguno 264 Dec 6 15:44 listacrontab.txt I restarted the cron daemon, and waited for 5 minutes, nothing happens yet. Other ideas? Eric De La Cruz Lugo Merida Yucatan Mexico - Also, once you have done this, shut down your cron service and restart it. -Original Message- From: Harig, Mark A. Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:20 PM To: Eric De La Cruz Lugo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional drwxrwxrwx 3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 /var/cron drwxrwxrwx 2 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 13:04 /var/cron/tabs For some reason, your 'sticky bit' settings didn't get set for /var/cron/ and /var/cron/tabs/. Instead of 'drwxrwxrwx', your permissions should be 'drwxrwxrwt'. Try: chmod 1777 /var/cron chmod 1777 /var/cron/tabs __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
It appears as though everything is set correctly. Try: 1. Shut down your cron service. 2. Run Cygwin's setup.exe to uninstall 'cron'. 3. Run setup.exe a second time to download/install a new copy of 'cron'. 4. Reboot your computer. 5. Check your crontab: crontab -l 6. Install the cron service and start it. -Original Message- From: Eric De La Cruz Lugo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:53 PM To: Harig, Mark A.; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional Ok, I have made the changes, now the directories show: total 4 drwxrwxrwx6 Administ Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 . drwxrwxrwx 10 Administ Ninguno 4096 Dec 5 19:38 .. drwxrwxrwt3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 cron drwxrwxrwx2 Administ Ninguno 0 Dec 5 18:46 log drwxrwxrwx2 Administ Ninguno 0 Dec 5 18:46 run drwxrwxrwx2 Administ Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 tmp total 1 drwxrwxrwt3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 . drwxrwxrwx6 Administ Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 .. -rw-rw-rw-1 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 lista -rw-rw-rw-1 asuncion Ninguno 318 Dec 6 15:44 listatabs.txt drwxrwxrwt2 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 tabs total 2 drwxrwxrwt2 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 . drwxrwxrwt3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 15:44 .. -rw-r-1 asuncion SYSTEM234 Dec 6 13:04 asuncion1 -rw-rw-rw-1 asuncion Ninguno 264 Dec 6 15:44 listacrontab.txt I restarted the cron daemon, and waited for 5 minutes, nothing happens yet. Other ideas? Eric De La Cruz Lugo Merida Yucatan Mexico - Also, once you have done this, shut down your cron service and restart it. -Original Message- From: Harig, Mark A. Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 4:20 PM To: Eric De La Cruz Lugo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional drwxrwxrwx 3 asuncion Ninguno 0 Apr 12 2002 /var/cron drwxrwxrwx 2 asuncion Ninguno 0 Dec 6 13:04 /var/cron/tabs For some reason, your 'sticky bit' settings didn't get set for /var/cron/ and /var/cron/tabs/. Instead of 'drwxrwxrwx', your permissions should be 'drwxrwxrwt'. Try: chmod 1777 /var/cron chmod 1777 /var/cron/tabs __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
--- Harig, Mark A. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It appears as though everything is set correctly. Try: 1. Shut down your cron service. Done. 2. Run Cygwin's setup.exe to uninstall 'cron'. Done. 3. Run setup.exe a second time to download/install a new copy of 'cron'. Done. 4. Reboot your computer. Done. 5. Check your crontab: crontab -l Done it shows: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.1036 installed on Fri Dec 6 13:04:23 2002) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.6 2001/09/19 17:09:55 corinna Exp $) * * * * * /usr/sbin/date /tmp/date.txt 6. Install the cron service and start it. cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e CYGWIN=tty ntsec cygrunserv -S cron ps -e shows: PIDPPIDPGID WINPID TTY UID STIME COMMAND 1560 11560 1560 con 1000 17:35:32 /usr/bin/bash 1420 11420 1420? 18 17:36:52 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv 138414201420 1132? 18 17:36:52 /usr/sbin/cron 104015601040 1648 con 1000 17:45:21 /usr/bin/ps waited for 8 minutes and checked /tmpguess what??? NOTHING! there is no output yet :( no date.txt anything else? other aproach to this problem? Eric De La Cruz Lugo Merida Yucatan, Mexico. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
5. Check your crontab: crontab -l Done it shows: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.1036 installed on Fri Dec 6 13:04:23 2002) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.6 2001/09/19 17:09:55 corinna Exp $) * * * * * /usr/sbin/date /tmp/date.txt Do you have a file '/usr/sbin/date'? Usually, this is in /usr/bin/ not /usr/sbin/. At your shell prompt, enter: type date or which date --- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: cron problem in W2K Proffesional
The cron works now!, the output its ok (date.txt). but with my script the things are different, here are the files I use.. I tested the script from the command line and work flawlesly, but when i add it to my crontab it does not work has expected! the files are atached to the mail, and the output from the script being executed by the cron its there too. hope you can help me or advise me. the main file is __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com scripts.zip Description: scripts.zip outputbadandgood.zip Description: outputbadandgood.zip -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Help! - cron problem
I'm trying to run cron daemon, but when I run it, I got an error cron error cron.exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created. My system is Win2k professional, and I installed all cygwin package, that's it. This is the first daemon I'm trying to run. The way I run the daemon is $ cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D or $ net start cron what could be the problem?? (And where can I find 'error log'?) Thank you. _ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Cron problem
Cron writes: receiving file list ... done /TheBat/spamlist.txt wrote 16527 bytes read 3178 bytes 3031.54 bytes/sec total size is 1915965 speedup is 97.23 Can't open perl script /TheBat/spammer.pl: No such file or directory spammer.pl is called by a perl script that is start by cron. Why does one perl script don't find another one? It is there: $ ls -ln /TheBat/spammer.pl -rwxrwxrwx1 11002544 4409 May 14 15:28 /TheBat/spammer.pl I will now put all in one script, but I think this is weird. Gerrit -- =^..^= -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cron problem
Mark schrieb: Give me simple one or two-line perl scripts that duplicate your problem and I will try them. The scripts should just print the working directory or the date or something simple like that. It sounds like a PATH problem or a mount-point problem or the startup mode of cron. Is CYGWIN=binmode ntfs tty? Yep (ntsec;). script1.pl: #!/usr/bin/env perl $cmd = perl /path/script2.pl; system $cmd; 1; script2.pl: #!/usr/bin/env perl print I'm script two.\n 1; crontab -e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 * * * * /usr/bin/perl /path/script1.pl Put both scripts in /path no mounts are involved. The mail from Cron: Can't open perl script /path/script2.pl: No such file or directory It seems to be the problem that I didn't used an absolute path to perl in script1.pl. It works ok. if I change it to /usr/bin/perl. It seems that Cron is running the wrong perl. I need to fix my path. Thanks for your help, Gerrit -- =^..^= -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: cron problem
On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 10:49:51AM -0500, Michael Adler wrote: What I think should really happen is that cron should create those directories during installation so they are owned by whoever installed cygwin Would you mind to help out and create an install script for /etc/postinstall? I thought you could just inlude empty directories when you make the tar ball This worked for me too #!/bin/bash if [ -d /var/cron/tabs ] ; then echo /var/cron/tabs already exists else echo creating /var/cron/tabs mkdir -p /var/cron/tabs fi -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwincom/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwincom/bugshtml Documentation: http://cygwincom/docshtml FAQ: http://cygwincom/faq/
RE: cron problem
Thanks Michael, I have read your post and I guess, I have started cron daemon first. I have WinNT 4.0 SP6a and I was not able to delete the cron directory. I have tried rm -rf cron and I have also tried deleteing the cron directory from WinNT but I couldn't. It was saying that Access is denied or file is being used. Then I asked my WinNT adminstrator to delete the cron directory and he was able to do it with little efforts. After delete cron directory, I first did crontab -e and put a dummy entry in crontab * * * * * date date.log and then it worked. Sanjay -Original Message- From: Michael Adler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 7:50 AM To: Sanjay Gupta Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: cron problem I reported a related problem a few weeks ago and then reported a fix for this last week. Unfortunately, I haven't seen any response from the maintainers--perhaps I reported this to the wrong list... Did you start the cron daemon (as some other user?) before creating a crontab? If yes, then that other user (probably 'SYSTEM') owns /var/cron and you don't have write access. On Win2k, you can change the owner of that directory, and then add that user and give that user full control over /var/cron and /var/cron/tabs. Next time, make a crontab before starting the cron daemon. What I think should really happen is that cron should create those directories during installation so they are owned by whoever installed cygwin. Best of luck. Mike On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Sanjay Gupta wrote: Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 17:31:05 -0800 From: Sanjay Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: cron problem Why, I am getting the following error when creating cronjobs. $ crontab -e no crontab for Administrator - using an empty one crontab: installing new crontab crontab: error renaming tabs/tmp.000107 to tabs/Administrator rename: Permission denied crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.107 Sanjay -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Mike -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
cron problem
Why, I am getting the following error when creating cronjobs. $ crontab -e no crontab for Administrator - using an empty one crontab: installing new crontab crontab: error renaming tabs/tmp.000107 to tabs/Administrator rename: Permission denied crontab: edits left in /tmp/crontab.107 Sanjay -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cron problem
* Thu 2001-12-20 Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] list.cygwin * Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 02:28:02PM -0500, Satya Nemana wrote: Any info on how to make this cron work, will be of great help to us all. | Just to be sure, I'm telling my setup. Thank you Corinna, however I have exactly the same problem as the original poster. This is the error from event viewer after: //root@W2KPICASSO $ cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e CYGWIN=binmode tty ntsec //root@W2KPICASSO $ mkdir /home/system //root@W2KPICASSO $ net start cron The cron service is starting. The cron service could not be started. The service did not report an error. More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 3534. 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 : Win32 Process Id = 0xBC0 : Cygwin Process Id = 0xBC0 : starting service `cron' failed: execv: 255, error 0. I was missing the SYSTM from /etc/password, so Iadded the entry by hand there and created /home/systemm as in your setup. /var/cron/tabs/ is empty -rw-r--r--1 root None 327 Sep 23 14:23 /etc/group -rw-r--r--1 root None 509 Dec 24 01:49 /etc/passwd | - cron installed with | cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e CYGWIN=binmode tty ntsec | - My /etc/passwd (partly): | root:*:0:0:,S-1-5-32-544:: | Everyone:*:1:1:,S-1-1-0:: | SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:/home/system:/bin/bash | corinna::100:0:,S-1-5-21-XXX-YYY-ZZZ-1003:/home/corinna:/bin/tcsh | dummy::101:545:,S-1-5-21-XXX-YYY-ZZZ-1004:/home/dummy:/bin/bash | - My /etc/group (partly): | root:S-1-5-32-544:0: | everyone:S-1-1-0:1: | SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18: | none:S-1-5-21-XXX-YYY-ZZZ-513:513: | users:S-1-5-32-545:545: | - /etc, /etc/passwd and /etc/group world readable. | - ls -laR /var/cron | /var/cron: | total 0 | drwxrwxrwt3 corinna root0 Jul 10 11:51 . | drwxr-xr-x6 dummyusers 0 Mar 8 2001 .. | drwxrwxrwt2 corinna root0 Sep 19 19:00 tabs Hm. How did you made ugo+rwx . ? In my system, logged in as Administrator, the permissions still staty as: //root@W2KPICASSO /var/cron $ chmod ugo+rwx . //root@W2KPICASSO /var/cron $ ls -la total 0 drwxr-xr-x3 root None0 Jul 11 12:27 . drwxr-xr-x8 root None0 Feb 10 2001 .. drwxr-xr-x2 root None0 Jul 11 12:27 tabs | /var/cron/tabs: | total 2 | drwxrwxrwt2 corinna root0 Sep 19 19:00 . | drwxrwxrwt3 corinna root0 Jul 10 11:51 .. | -rw-r-1 dummySYSTEM225 Sep 19 19:00 dummy | -rw-r-1 corinna SYSTEM230 Sep 19 18:58 corinna | `corinna' is an admin account, `dummy' is a standard user. | Cron works fine for both accounts, corinna as well as dummy. | I don't know what's your problem is. I can just suggest to debug | your installation. Further debug instrustion where to look next are welcome. is it possible to run cron at the foregroung with strace or something in order to see why it fails? Jari -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cron problem
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:15:42PM -0800, Ryan Koopmans wrote: Hello, I'm having trouble running cron with Cygwin: CYGWIN_NT-4.0 CITYWEB02 1.3.6(0.47/3/2) 2001-12-08 17:02 i686 unknown I installed cron with the command $ cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e CYGWIN=binmode tty ntsec -e MAILTO=rkoopmans@city ofsacramento.org I install a crontab with the contents * * * * * date /crontest.out through crontab. The service starts, but nothing seems to happen. Can anyone help me? There should be at least somthing in the event log. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Cron problem
On Thu, Dec 20, 2001 at 02:28:02PM -0500, Satya Nemana wrote: Any info on how to make this cron work, will be of great help to us all. Just to be sure, I'm telling my setup. - cron installed with cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e CYGWIN=binmode tty ntsec - My /etc/passwd (partly): root:*:0:0:,S-1-5-32-544:: Everyone:*:1:1:,S-1-1-0:: SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:/home/system:/bin/bash corinna::100:0:,S-1-5-21-XXX-YYY-ZZZ-1003:/home/corinna:/bin/tcsh dummy::101:545:,S-1-5-21-XXX-YYY-ZZZ-1004:/home/dummy:/bin/bash - My /etc/group (partly): root:S-1-5-32-544:0: everyone:S-1-1-0:1: SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18: none:S-1-5-21-XXX-YYY-ZZZ-513:513: users:S-1-5-32-545:545: - /etc, /etc/passwd and /etc/group world readable. - ls -laR /var/cron /var/cron: total 0 drwxrwxrwt3 corinna root0 Jul 10 11:51 . drwxr-xr-x6 dummyusers 0 Mar 8 2001 .. drwxrwxrwt2 corinna root0 Sep 19 19:00 tabs /var/cron/tabs: total 2 drwxrwxrwt2 corinna root0 Sep 19 19:00 . drwxrwxrwt3 corinna root0 Jul 10 11:51 .. -rw-r-1 dummySYSTEM225 Sep 19 19:00 dummy -rw-r-1 corinna SYSTEM230 Sep 19 18:58 corinna `corinna' is an admin account, `dummy' is a standard user. Cron works fine for both accounts, corinna as well as dummy. I don't know what's your problem is. I can just suggest to debug your installation. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
cron problem: Can Domain user run cron
Corinna, There are two cases: 1. In domain controller server, both Domain admin and Domain user can run cron correctly. There is no problem 2. But in another w2k server (in domain, but not domain controller), Domain admin run cron correctly . But domain user cannot run cron, error : can't switch user context. I used mkgroup and mkpasswd using parameter -ld. So did domain user run cron in server which is not domain controller ? Did any other suggestion for running cron job in case two. I tried at command for w2k, it did not work as it cannot used by admin only. Thanks again and sorry. ikbea __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: cron problem: Can Domain user run cron
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 01:01:11PM +, Tiffany Chan wrote: Corinna, There are two cases: 1. In domain controller server, both Domain admin and Domain user can run cron correctly. There is no problem 2. But in another w2k server (in domain, but not domain controller), Domain admin run cron correctly . But domain user cannot run cron, error : can't switch user context. I used mkgroup and mkpasswd using parameter -ld. Care for your /etc/group file as well. It's probably correct on the DC since the domain groups are also local groups for the DC. It's very likely incorrect for a normal domain machine, though. mkgroup -ld /etc/group should help. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developermailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: cron problem: Can Domain user run cron
Corinna, In that normal domain server, I tried to mkpasswd -ld and passwd group -ld from seversal times, but still not work. Hm...I have not change the group file after made. For passwd file, i only change group of Domain administrator from 10513(None) to 10512 (Domain admin). I also did it in passwd file of domain controller server. Domain user use cygwin work very well in domain server except cron.(e.g. domain user can rcp from/to domain contoller) thanks again and again ikbea On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 01:01:11PM +, Tiffany Chan wrote: Corinna, There are two cases: 1. In domain controller server, both Domain admin and Domain user can run cron correctly. There is no problem 2. But in another w2k server (in domain, but not domain controller), Domain admin run cron correctly . But domain user cannot run cron, error : can't switch user context. I used mkgroup and mkpasswd using parameter -ld. Care for your /etc/group file as well. It's probably correct on the DC since the domain groups are also local groups for the DC. It's very likely incorrect for a normal domain machine, though. mkgroup -ld /etc/group should help. Corinna __ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Cron problem
Hello, I'm having trouble running cron with Cygwin: CYGWIN_NT-4.0 CITYWEB02 1.3.6(0.47/3/2) 2001-12-08 17:02 i686 unknown I installed cron with the command $ cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -e CYGWIN=binmode tty ntsec -e MAILTO=rkoopmans@city ofsacramento.org I install a crontab with the contents * * * * * date /crontest.out through crontab. The service starts, but nothing seems to happen. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Ryan Koopmans -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
