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Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:16:06 -0500
From: Mike Eggleston <mikee AT mikee DOT ath DOT cx>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: cron: how to access network service/share
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On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, Gerry Reno wrote:

> I have a script that logs on to a SMB network service.  Something like:
> net use \\server\servicename password /user:xxxx
> 
> This script run fine from the users shell environment but I need this
> script to run at a specific time under cron.  I have tried several ways
> to get this running under cron.  I tried installing cron without
> declaring a specific --user.  Cron would run but whenever the script
> was scheduled to run it would generate a System 1312 error when trying
> to logon to the network service.  So I added the --user and --passwd
> options to the cygrunsrv --install command.  The user has
> admininstrator privileges so I expected that it could access the
> network service (this account can logon to the service in Explorer). 
> Cron runs and when my script runs it now generates a System 1069 error
> when trying to logon to the network service.  I've read through a whole
> bunch of cron postings today and I've seen that others have encountered
> similar problems also.  Has anyone found a solution to this
> predicament?   

Do you need to double the \'s?

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