Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-08 Thread Anna Goldberg
I can create and start a Cron service under Local System, but I can’t seem to be able to have that service run as a different user (ex. cron_server). I tried creating a custom user following the directions provided by Corinna Vinschen at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg31538.htm

Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Paul J. Ghosh
Folks - any assistance would be greatly appreciated... Regards, Paul J. Ghosh -- 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/

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-08 Thread Larry Hall
At 02:40 PM 9/8/2004, you wrote: >I can create and start a Cron service under Local System, but I can’t seem to be able >to have that service run as a different user (ex. cron_server). I tried creating a >custom user following the directions provided by Corinna Vinschen at >http://www.mail-archi

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-08 Thread Anna Goldberg
We tried running cron_diagnose.sh, but that didn't produce any usefull answers, the output we get is: $ ./cron_diagnose.sh cron_diagnose.sh 1.5 Your computer does not appear to have a crontab for . Please generate a crontab for using 'crontab -e', and run this script again. The version of cron w

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-08 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Anna Goldberg wrote: > We tried running cron_diagnose.sh, but that didn't produce any usefull > answers, the output we get is: > > $ ./cron_diagnose.sh > cron_diagnose.sh 1.5 > > Your computer does not appear to have a crontab for . > Please generate a crontab for using 'cront

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-08 Thread Paul J. Ghosh
Thank you to all who have replied. Enclosed find the following: - contents of crontab for user cdaapp - simple task to be executed every minute for testing - error encountered when starting cron as service_cron - includes one as a dialog and another from the event viewer -

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-09 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Paul J. Ghosh wrote: > Thank you to all who have replied. Enclosed find the following: > > - contents of crontab for user cdaapp - simple task to be executed > every minute for testing Looks ok, but see below for permissions issues. > - error encountered

RE: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-09 Thread Anna Goldberg
Attached is the cygcheck when run by service_cron. Also, when we run the tasks as service_cron via command line the only error we're seeing is: cron : PID 2112 : (cdaapp) CAN'T OPEN (tabs/cdaapp), but if we're try starting the cron service we still get the error: cron : PID 3784 : starting servi

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Larry Hall
At 10:43 AM 9/10/2004, you wrote: >Folks - any assistance would be greatly appreciated... And what about Igor's response would not qualify as "assistance"? If you're looking for something specific, you should ask the specific question. I thought Igor's reply looked quite helpful and was certainl

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Paul J. Ghosh
Thank you all for your help. We pursued all that was recommended and still ran into the error: cron : PID 3784 : starting service `cron' failed: execv: 128, Transport endpoint is not connected. Since invoking it command line was successful we put a wrapper in place that executes cron and added th

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Paul J. Ghosh wrote: > Thank you all for your help. We pursued all that was recommended and > still ran into the error: cron : PID 3784 : starting service `cron' > failed: execv: 128, Transport endpoint is not connected. > > Since invoking it command line was successful we pu

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 04:45:07PM -0500, Paul J. Ghosh wrote: > Thank you all for your help. We pursued all that was recommended and > still ran into the error: cron : PID 3784 : starting service `cron' > failed: execv: 128, Transport endpoint is not connected. > > Since invoking it command line

RE: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Paul J. Ghosh
Larry/Igor - well - this is the first time I am participating in the cygwin mailing list and from what I have read at http://ezmlm.org/ it is supposed to add to threads if the subject is identical. I have been using the same subject line. There was not an initial email that I could have replied t

Re: cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 08:27:05PM -0500, Paul J. Ghosh wrote: >Larry/Igor - well - this is the first time I am participating in the >cygwin mailing list and from what I have read at http://ezmlm.org/ it is >supposed to add to threads if the subject is identical. URL? This is the first that I've

Re: cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Paul J. Ghosh
Christopher - you lost me. How am I supposed to reply to your message from the site http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00505.html? My current response is being composed by clicking on the button at the bottom of the page http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg44535.html which I am a

Re: cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 08:54:33PM -0500, Paul J. Ghosh wrote: >Christopher - you lost me. How am I supposed to reply to your message >from the site http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00505.html? Ok, either you're new to the internet or you're trolling. I don't know which it is. We are comm

Re: cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Brian Dessent
"Paul J. Ghosh" wrote: > Christopher - you lost me. How am I supposed to reply to your message > from the site http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00505.html? My > current response is being composed by clicking on the button at the > bottom of the page > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PRO

Re: Cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-10 Thread Pierre A. Humblet
On Fri, Sep 10, 2004 at 08:27:05PM -0500, Paul J. Ghosh wrote: > > Pierre - your suggestion - will it not lead to root privileges for > svccron? You mean setting its uid to 0? It won't change anything for Windows ntsec. The advantage is that su won't prompt for passwd. The reason for the su is th

Re: cygwin Cron on Windows 2003 Server Issues

2004-09-13 Thread Shankar Unni
Christopher Faylor wrote: The main cygwin page provides a link that should make things pretty clear about how to subscribe to the cygwin lists. BTW: For those who don't want to fill up their mailboxes with 100+ messages a day, you can also go through the NNTP gateway at news.gmane.org, which carr