Hi, Thanks for the message but cron_diagnose.sh doesn't seem to give me insight on what I'm trying to do.
I was trying to perform a hack discussed in this thread: http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-04/msg01001.html I am attempting to have the cron service run as another user so that it can access network shares. Thanks, Alan --- "Harig, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please try running this diagnostic script > to see if it can help identify the cause > of your problem: > > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-12/msg00711.html > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alan London [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 11:38 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: cron + network share(w/ full access?) > > > > > > Hello and Happy New Year. > > > > Would it be possible to see your altered > /etc/passwd? > > I must be doing something wrong. I've made my > user > > have uid 18, put his entry before SYSTEM, and I > still > > get the same 1062 error when starting the cron > service > > as that user. > > > > I've been banging my head against the wall on the > > cron-job-accessing-network-shares problem for a > couple > > days now :) I'm glad I found this thread, it's > given > > me some hope. > > > > Can anyone verify that they've got this trick/hack > to > > work in the current version of cygwin cron? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Alan > > > > ------------ > > > Right. Looks like 18 is hardwired in cron. > > > So after you create that user and update the > > /etc/passwd file you would need to edit > > > /etc/password and change the uid of the user to > 18. > > With a little bit of luck > > > the setuid(18) will be a noop. > > > Try keeping the SYSTEM uid to 18, too, for now. > It's > > probably hardwired too. > > > My head is spinning and I don't have the time to > > sort through all the implications. > > > > ok, changing the uid to 18 in the passwd file did > it. > > > > thanks a lot! > > > > thanks to all the Cygwin developers, it's a > fantastic > > tool! > > > > --tim > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. > > http://photos.yahoo.com/ > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe info: > http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > Problem reports: > http://cygwin.com/problems.html > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
