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Subject: RE: cron - error starting a service
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:42:50 +1000
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From: "David Rekas" <David DOT Rekas AT optus DOT com DOT au>
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   "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Mark & Pierre, thanks for your advice. Please see below.

Mark:

$ /usr/bin/cron_diagnose.sh: This also did not find any errors. The
displayed version of this is 1.10. The revision in the source is 1.3
2004/12/21 16:14:4. Whereas the previous "older" version I was trying
before displays 1.8. Is my /usr/bin/cron_diagnose.sh really the latest
version?

Pierre:

# /etc/crontab: Cannot remove this or entries in this, since it doesn't
exist. (Is this "normal"?)
# /etc/cron.d: This directory is empty - is this what you meant?
# /var/cron/tabs/David Rekas: removed this crontab file, followed by
"cygrunsrv --start cron", however the usual "error starting a service"
came up.
# /var/log/cron.log: Have looked for this at various stages of the cron
installation/config/attempted starts/reinstallation, but have never seen
an instance. (Is this "normal"?)

In addition (1):

# Uninstalled the entire cron-3.0.1-19
# Reinstalled the entire cron-3.0.1-19 using Cygwin setup.exe from a
different mirror site
# Edited cron-config: enclosed "${USER}" and "$cron_table" in double
quotation marks
$ crontab -e: created new crontab
# Applied chmod and chgrp to relevant files/directories
$ cron-config: answered: [service: yes; yourself: no; ntsec: yes; start
yes]. This returned the same error.
$ /usr/bin/cron_diagnose.sh: This did not find any errors.
# /var/log/cron.log: does not exist

In addition (2):

# Created a new Windows user with no spaces in the name ("cygbatch"),
with administrative privileges. Updated passwd and group files, and
logged in as this user.
$ crontab -e: created new crontab
$ cron-config: answered: [service: yes; yourself: no; ntsec: yes; start
yes]. This returned the same error.
$ /usr/bin/cron_diagnose.sh: This did not find any errors.
# /var/log/cron.log: does not exist


Again, any further input into this case would be very appreciated. 

Thanks,

Dave


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