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Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:26:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: LAU2 <lurqu01 AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Similar Cron issue--Cron wont do anything
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LAU2 wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "LAU2" 
>> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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
>> 
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> 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 



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