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Subject: FW: Cron 'WRONG FILE OWNER' Problem Cygwin 1.7/Windows 7
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:47:22 -0800
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Larry/Pierre

I did indeed restart the cron service, but I appear to have TWO 'baileyb' u=
sers in /etc/passwd -- I'll pursue correcting that.=A0 I'm not sure how I d=
id that, but it sure looks like a problem.

Thanks!

Bruce

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> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 17:28:31 -0500
> To: bruce1828 AT hotmail DOT com
> From: Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org
> Subject: Re: Cron 'WRONG FILE OWNER' Problem Cygwin 1.7/Windows 7
>
> Bruce,
>
> If the answer to my question is "yes", doesn't cron-config
> produce a message such as
>
> Do you want the cron daemon to run as yourself? (yes/no) yes
>
> WARNING: User Compaq_Administrator appears 2 times in /etc/passwd.
> This may confuse the system.
> Edit /etc/passwd and assign unique user ids.
>
> Thanks
>
> Pierre
>
> At 04:56 PM 12/15/2010, you wrote:
>
> >Hi
> >
> >I had been happily using 'cron' on cygwin for quite a while. After
> >updating the user password using cron-config, suddenly cron refuses
> >to read my cron tab, putting 'WRONG FILE OWNER' in the Windows applicati=
on log.
> >
> >Has this been seen and resolved?
> >
> >I have been trying for weeks now but no luck, so at this point and
> >help would be appreciated.
> >
> >thanks in advance,
> >
> >Bruce
> >
> >
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