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Re: Troubles using Cron on Windows 2000 Server


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HTH,
Peter

Joey Mukherjee wrote:

> I am having a problem starting cron, and am thinking its because I installed
> Cygwin for just me instead of for everyone.
> 
> Here's what I am doing:
> 
> joey@MARISA /usr/sbin
> $ cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
> 
> joey@MARISA /usr/sbin
> $ cygrunsrv -S cron
> cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 error 1062:
> The service has not been started.
> 
> If I try to run cron manually, I get this message:
> 
> 
> joey@MARISA /usr/sbin
> $ cron
> seteuid: Not owner
> 
> I don't know if there is a log I can look at to see if there is more
> information that I can give.  This is on a Windows 2000 server system, build
> 2195.  I have a /etc/group which has the SYSTEM identity which I have not
> changed and its in the /etc/passwd as well.  I have administrator rights on
> this machine as well.  Is there anything else I can check?  Any ideas are
> appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Joey
> 
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