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Re: crontab error


I'm finding if I run the cron command manually from a shell window, it
works. If I try to start it as a service, it fails to start. Below is what I
found in the win2k application log. Does it help?

"The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( cron ) cannot be found. The
local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message
DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following
information is part of the event: cron : PID 2976 : starting service `cron'
failed: execv: 1, Operation not permitted."

Is this some sort of a permissions problem? Do I need to start the cron
service as a specific user?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harig, Mark" <maharig@idirect.net>
To: "Chuck Hamilton" <chuckh@softhome.net>; <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 1:03 PM
Subject: RE: crontab error


Please re-run the cron_diagnose.sh script
to see if it can find any problems.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Hamilton [mailto:chuckh@softhome.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 8:44 AM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: crontab error
>
>
> I do have the utilities and I was able to create a group and
> passwd file. I
> still get an error trying to start the cron service however.
>
>


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