It's possible the cron-config script does not understand the new mount entries in the registry; or what am I missing?
-- thx, Tom --v-v------------------C-U-T---H-E-R-E-------------------------v-v-- $ cygcheck -c cron Cygwin Package Information Package Version Status cron 4.1-5 OK --snip $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-5.0 argon 1.5.25(0.156/4/2) 2007-12-09 09:47 i686 Cygwin --snip $ cron-config Cron is already installed as a service under account LocalSystem. Do you want to remove or reinstall it? (yes/no) yes OK. The cron service was removed. --snip Running cron_diagnose ... The SYSTEM user cannot access the mount point /usr/bin. Please run the following command to add a system mount point: mount -f -s -b "[DOS path to Cygwin]/bin" "/usr/bin" where [DOS path to Cygwin] is something like c:/cygwin. For more information, run 'mount -m' and 'mount -h' The SYSTEM user cannot access the mount point /usr/lib. Please run the following command to add a system mount point: mount -f -s -b "[DOS path to Cygwin]/lib" "/usr/lib" where [DOS path to Cygwin] is something like c:/cygwin. --snip $ ls '/proc/registry/HKey_Local_Machine/Software/Cygnus Solutions/Cygwin/mounts v2' %2F/ %2Faut/ %2Fdrv%2Fd/ %2Fdrv%2Ff/ %2Fuser/ %2Fusr%2Flib/ cygdrive prefix %2Fadm/ %2Fdrv%2Fa/ %2Fdrv%2Fe/ %2Fdrv%2Fz/ %2Fusr%2Fbin/ cygdrive flags --snip $ md5sum /bin/cron-config 02a40a7beb130fc75fa49ba9e5565e0f */bin/cron-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/