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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Haber?= <rene DOT haber AT gmx DOT de>
Subject: Re: cron: can't switch user context
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 23:22:15 +0200
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I already read the link and tried to create an account as Corinna 
suggested, but then cron doesn't start while creating this error in the 
syslog:

    CYGWIN crond : PID 3376 : starting service `CYGWIN crond' failed:
    execv: 1, Operation not permitted.

I also tried Mark's new cron-diagnose script, but it didn't find any errors.

Thanks.
René

Larry Hall wrote:
> Actually, I'd suggest googling, especially when you're asking if 
> the issue you're having is a known problem or if there are any 
> work-arounds.  In this case, you'd find all sort of references to
> Windows 2003 and services that need to be able to switch user contexts.
> 
> <http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-07/msg00684.html>
> 
> This one talks about ssh but it's the same issue.  Follow the instructions
> there for creating a privileged user that you can run cron as and you 
> should have your solution.  It's easy to look for this sort of stuff.
> Try it.
> 
> I'd suggest you run Mark's script as well though and provide feedback.
> It would be good to know if it thinks there's anything else that might
> be wrong too.
> 
> Larry
> 




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