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cron as w2k service
- From: "Ralph Winzinger" <ralph dot winzinger at 100world dot de>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 12:02:58 +0200
- Subject: cron as w2k service
Hi,
I'm just trying to run cron as an windows 2000 service. I'm currently
facing a prblem which I couldn't solve with the help of mailing-list
archives or any other internet resources for the last two weeks. So
please don't answer 'check the archives ...' ;-)
ntsec is not set
After cygwin installation, I'm running crontab -e to create/edit a
crontab. Works as expected.
After that I'm installing cron as a windows service using the
"CYGWIN=3Dntsec" parameter. Works as expected.
My cronjobs are doing fine.
The problem is, that cron changes the rights for /var/cron/tabs in a way
that I can't write there any more. Thus trying to change the crontab in
future results in a permission denied message.
If I install cron without the ntsec parameter, I'm able to change my
crontab as often as I want. But the tradeoff is, that my jobs are not
executed (can't switch user context).
/etc/passwd and /etc/group should be fine since generated using mk... -l
> /etc/...
if I set the ntsec parameter 'globally' as an windows environment
variable, my rights are somehow messed up: I can't even write in my home
directory or in /tmp ...
Any hints welcome
Ralph
BTW: great tool!
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