Re: Similar Cron issue--Cron wont do anything

[LAU2 <lurqu01 at hotmail dot com>]

Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "LAU2" 
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:26 AM
> 
> | LAU2 wrote:
> | > 
> | > 
> | > 
> | > Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> | >> 
> | >> 
> | >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> | >> From: "LAU2" 
> | >> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> | >> Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 6:04 PM
> | >> 
> | >> 
> | >> | 
> | >> | Hi I have been having similar problems with running cron on through
> | >> cygwin. 
> | >> | 
> | >> | Here is what I have done so far:
> | >> | 
> | >> | 1) created a simple shell file <create_new_dir.sh>
> | >> | 
> | >> <snip>| 
> | >> | 5) checked the /var/log/cron and here is what it said
> | >> | 
> | >> | unable to set groups for myusername
> | >> | 
> | >> | 
> | >> | Any thoughts?
> | >> ****************
> | >> 1) was cron installed with cron-config ?
> | >> 2) run "cronbug" and send us the output (attach)
> | >> 3) the message indicates a failure in setgrp or initgroups. That's
> | >> unusual.
> | >>     Is your /etc/group up to date?
> | >> 
> | >> Pierre
> | >> 
> | > 
> | > Answers
> | > 
> | > 1) yes. No problems
> | > 
> | > 2) see attached http://www.nabble.com/file/p23197369/cronbug.txt
> | > cronbug.txt 
> | > 
> | > 3) This may be my problem. I can't find /etc/group in my directories.
> (I
> | > apologize I am new to cygwin)
> | > 
> | > I should have mentioned this earlier but I am using windows vista,
> which
> | > from the cronbug file i see it says not supported. 
> | > 
> | Ignore comment number 3).
> | 
> | I followed the instructions below:
> | 
> | <start>
> | cat /etc/passwd
> | 
> | Look for your current Windows login name
> | Then look at the fourth field. [fields are separated by colons] Note the
> | value.
> | This value is called a GID (group ID)
> | 
> | cat /etc/group
> | 
> | Look for the line that begins with Users.
> | Look at the third field, it should be the same as the GID above.
> | If not, edit /etc/group so that it agrees.
> | <end>
> | 
> | They did not agree so I changed them so that they do agree. But still
> not
> | luck. I have uploaded the new cronbug file
> | 
> | http://www.nabble.com/file/p23197408/cronbug.txt cronbug.txt 
> | 
> *********
> Thanks. 
> What you did with /etc/group looks wrong. If  I understand it correctly
> you now have two lines in /etc/group with the same GID. I also notice
> from cronbug.txt that the Users group does not display properly.
> You may want to regenerate /etc/group, but none of the above explains
> what we see with cron.
> 
> The cronbug file is now complete and your crontab exists.
> Everything looks absolutely normal.
> cron is running as yourself but can't setuid to yourself :(
> 
> Can you try the following:
> 1) Stop the cron service (cygrunsrv -E cron)
> 2) cd /usr/sbin
> 3) Type "./cron -x sch,load" (without "")
> 4) You will see immediate output, then a pause after "sec-to-wait=XXX"
>     Let cron runs once after that, then kill it with ^C
> Cut and paste the output and send it to us.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Pierre
> 
> 
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>  http://www.nabble.com/file/p23207366/cronbug.txt cronbug.txt 
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> 



Below is the output. I also attached the cronbug file produced AFTER
producing the output. The windows event log doesn't show that anything
happened though. Normal?

******OUTPUT**********

$ ./cron -x sch,load
debug flags enabled: sch load
[2388] cron started
log_it: (CRON 2388) STARTUP (V5.0)
[2388] load_database()
        Landon: [done]
unlinking old database:
load_database is done
[2388] GMToff=-10800
[2388] Target time=1240519500, sec-to-wait=40
[2388] tick(45,20,22,3,4)
user [Landon:1002:513:...] cmd="sh create_dir_new.sh > /home/landon/logfile"
[2388] load_database()
[2388] spool dir mtime unch, no load needed.
[2388] Target time=1240519560, sec-to-wait=60
log_it: (Landon 3544) CMD (sh create_dir_new.sh > /home/landon/logfile)

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