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FW: Cygwin cron: crontabs still ignored
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- Subject: FW: Cygwin cron: crontabs still ignored
- From: "Headley, Kent" <headley at mbari dot org>
- Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 11:24:09 -0700
> Hello,
>
> I have installed cron 3.0.1-4 as a (WinNT 4.0) service using
>
> cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
>
> per the instructions in the README files. It appears to be running, but the cron tasks are never executed. crontab appears to be working; I am able to install, edit and uninstall crontabs without a problem. I also tried executing cron directly from the Cygwin prompt, but it generates an error:
>
> seteuid not owner
>
> I followed some email about this problem, and have tried installing version 3.0.1-2 as well, with the same results. The log files in /var/log/cron.log do not indicate only that the cron service started. The environment variable CYGWIN is set to ntsec.
>
> Do you have any other ideas how I might make cron work?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Kent
>
> PS Cygwin is a fantastic tool! I hope for its continued support.
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