>>>>> "Corinna" == Corinna Vinschen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Corinna> On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 02:38:47AM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>> Dear Corinna,
>>
>> $ crontab
>> crontab: can't obtain passwd entry.
Corinna> You don't have a /etc/passwd entry for your user account.
Corinna> crontab tries to get your passwd entry by calling
Corinna> struct passwd *pw = getpwuid (geteuid ());
Corinna> So check your user id (/bin/id) and add an entry for your
Corinna> user id to /etc/passwd. Or, even better, call mkpasswd to
Corinna> recreate /etc/passwd.
Corinna I get the following error when using your crontab:
vzell@VZELL /tmp
[502]> crontab
You must enter your Windows password.
Otherwise, your crontab entries can't be executed.
Password:
crontab: Unrecoverable error 2245.
What's going on here ??
Ciao
Volker
--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
