Hello, I have setup Cygwin and cron on two machines. On the first machine, a Windows XP, everything went OK. Cron is running and my echo statement is being written to a file. On the second machine, a Windows Vista, cron appears to be running correctly but my echo statement is not being written to my file? I ran cronbug and found in the output several '(CRON) error (can't switch user context)' messages. I have tried googling for an answer to this issue but have not had much luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Phil Current version -r-xr-x---+ 1 Admin6 Users 4959 Jun 12 2007 /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/cron-4.1-6.README Running crons: 5464 4232 5464 4184 ? 18 14:37:37 /usr/sbin/cron Sendmail: lrwxrwxrwx 1 Admin6 None 16 Jul 19 12:34 /usr/sbin/sendmail -> /usr/bin/cronlog Crontabs: -rw-r----- 1 Admin6 SYSTEM 328 Jul 19 14:06 /var/cron/tabs/Admin6 -rw-r--r-- 1 Admin6 None 291 Jul 19 14:38 /var/cron/tabs/cronbug.txt cron.log: -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 0 Jul 19 14:37 /var/log/cron.log cron.pid: -rw-r--r-- 1 SYSTEM SYSTEM 5 Jul 19 14:37 /var/run/cron.pid Crontab: # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.5YkWvHz2GC installed on Sat Jul 19 14:06:09 2008) # (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp $) SHELL=/bin/sh * * * * * /home/Admin6/external_backup.sh * * * * * echo "Wow cron is working!">> /home/Admin6/crontes.txt Windows Application Events log: 2008/07/19 13:34:43 [Admin6] crontab: PID 4216: (Admin6) BEGIN EDIT (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:36:44 [Admin6] crontab: PID 4216: (Admin6) REPLACE (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:36:44 [Admin6] crontab: PID 4216: (Admin6) END EDIT (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:36:46 [Admin6] crontab: PID 3412: (Admin6) BEGIN EDIT (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:36:56 [Admin6] crontab: PID 3412: (Admin6) REPLACE (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:36:56 [Admin6] crontab: PID 3412: (Admin6) END EDIT (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:38:03 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 3912: (CRON) STARTUP (V5.0) 2008/07/19 13:38:04 [SYSTEM] cron: PID 6016: `cron' service started 2008/07/19 13:39:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 2772: (Admin6) CMD ($HOME/home/Admin6/external_backup.sh) 2008/07/19 13:39:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 2772: (CRON) error (can't switch user context) 2008/07/19 13:40:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 4900: (Admin6) CMD ($HOME/home/Admin6/external_backup.sh) 2008/07/19 13:40:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 4900: (CRON) error (can't switch user context) 2008/07/19 13:40:33 [Admin6] crontab: PID 5892: (Admin6) BEGIN EDIT (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:40:47 [Admin6] crontab: PID 5892: (Admin6) REPLACE (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:40:47 [Admin6] crontab: PID 5892: (Admin6) END EDIT (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:40:59 [Admin6] crontab: PID 3612: (Admin6) BEGIN EDIT (Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:41:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 3912: (Admin6) RELOAD (tabs/Admin6) 2008/07/19 13:41:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 4160: (Admin6) CMD ($HOME/home/Admin6/external_backup.sh) 2008/07/19 13:41:02 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 4160: (CRON) error (can't switch user context) 2008/07/19 13:42:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 3760: (Admin6) CMD (/home/Admin6/external_backup.sh) 2008/07/19 13:42:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 3760: (CRON) error (can't switch user context) (Admin6) 2008/07/19 14:33:47 [Admin6] crontab: PID 4364: (Admin6) LIST (Admin6) 2008/07/19 14:37:37 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 5464: (CRON) STARTUP (V5.0) 2008/07/19 14:37:37 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 5464: (cronbug.txt) ORPHAN (no passwd entry) 2008/07/19 14:37:38 [SYSTEM] cron: PID 4232: `cron' service started 2008/07/19 14:38:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 4332: (Admin6) CMD (echo "Wow cron is working!">> /home/Admin6/crontes.txt) 2008/07/19 14:38:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 4332: (CRON) error (can't switch user context) 2008/07/19 14:38:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 1316: (Admin6) CMD (/home/Admin6/external_backup.sh) 2008/07/19 14:38:01 [SYSTEM] /usr/sbin/cron: PID 1316: (CRON) error (can't switch user context) 2008/07/19 14:38:23 [Admin6] crontab: PID 5348: (Admin6) LIST (Admin6) Cygcheck: Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics Current System Time: Sat Jul 19 14:38:24 2008 Windows Longhorn/Vista (not yet supported!) Ver 6.0 Build 6000 Path: C:\cygwin\usr\local\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\bin C:\cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin c:\Windows\system32 c:\Windows c:\Windows\System32\Wbem c:\hp\bin\Python c:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\ c:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\ c:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\DLLShared\ SysDir: C:\Windows\system32 WinDir: C:\Windows USER = 'Admin6' PWD = '/var/cron/tabs' CYGWIN = 'ntsec' HOME = '/home/Admin6' MAKE_MODE = 'unix' HOMEPATH = '\Users\Admin6' APPDATA = 'C:\Users\Admin6\AppData\Roaming' MANPATH = '/usr/local/man:/usr/share/man:/usr/man::/usr/ssl/man' HOSTNAME = 'Admin6-PC' ONLINESERVICES = 'Online Services' PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 15 Model 107 Stepping 1, AuthenticAMD' ROXIOCENTRAL = 'c:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\9.0\Roxio Central33\' TERM = 'cygwin' WINDIR = 'C:\Windows' PUBLIC = 'C:\Users\Public' PROGRAMDATA = 'C:\ProgramData' USERDOMAIN = 'Admin6-PC' ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\ProgramData' OS = 'Windows_NT' !:: = '::\' COMMONPROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files\Common Files' TEMP = '/cygdrive/c/Users/Admin6/AppData/Local/Temp' PCBRAND = 'Presario' USERNAME = 'Admin6' PROCESSOR_LEVEL = '15' FP_NO_HOST_CHECK = 'NO' SYSTEMDRIVE = 'C:' USERPROFILE = 'C:\Users\Admin6' LOGONSERVER = '\\ADMIN6-PC' PLATFORM = 'HPD' !C: = 'C:\cygwin\bin' LOCALAPPDATA = 'C:\Users\Admin6\AppData\Local' PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = 'x86' SHLVL = '2' PATHEXT = '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC' HOMEDRIVE = 'C:' COMSPEC = 'C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe' PROMPT = '$P$G' SYSTEMROOT = 'C:\Windows' TMP = '/cygdrive/c/Users/Admin6/AppData/Local/Temp' PROCESSOR_REVISION = '6b01' CVS_RSH = '/bin/ssh' PRINTER = 'HP LaserJet 1018' PROGRAMFILES = 'C:\Program Files' INFOPATH = '/usr/local/info:/usr/share/info:/usr/info:' NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = '2' SESSIONNAME = 'Console' COMPUTERNAME = 'ADMIN6-PC' _ = '/usr/bin/cygcheck' HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2 (default) = '/cygdrive' cygdrive flags = 0x00000022 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/ (default) = 'C:\cygwin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin (default) = 'C:\cygwin/bin' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib (default) = 'C:\cygwin/lib' flags = 0x0000000a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options c: hd NTFS 229428Mb 32% CP CS UN PA FC COMPAQ d: hd NTFS 9043Mb 89% CP CS UN PA FC Recovery e: cd N/A N/A f: hd NTFS 152624Mb 14% CP CS UN PA FC New Volume g: fd N/A N/A h: fd N/A N/A i: fd N/A N/A j: fd N/A N/A k: fd FAT32 7623Mb 13% CP UN KINGSTON x: net NTFS 78154Mb 15% CP CS UN PA FC PRESARIO C:\cygwin / system binmode C:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode C:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive Found: C:\cygwin\bin\awk.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cp.exe Not Found: cpp (good!) Found: C:\cygwin\bin\crontab.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe Not Found: gcc Not Found: gdb Found: C:\cygwin\bin\grep.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\kill.exe Not Found: ld Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe Not Found: make Found: C:\cygwin\bin\mv.exe Not Found: patch Not Found: perl Found: C:\cygwin\bin\rm.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sed.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ssh.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\tar.exe Found: C:\cygwin\bin\test.exe Not Found: vi Found: C:\cygwin\bin\vim.exe 61k 2008/04/01 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz2-1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygbz2-1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/3/31 23:37 7k 2003/10/19 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2003/10/19 3:57 1057k 2008/06/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygcrypto-0.9.8.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/6/9 12:33 40k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygform-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:06 25k 2008/01/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cyghistory6.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/1/3 22:31 271k 2007/08/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygicons-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygicons-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2007/8/24 3:24 976k 2006/10/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cygiconv-2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygiconv-2.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/22 19:44 31k 2005/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-3.dll" v0.0 ts=2005/11/19 21:04 31k 2006/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygintl-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/22 20:12 21k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygmenu-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:05 20k 2006/12/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygminires.dll - os=4.0 img=1.1 sys=4.0 "cygminires.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/12/21 0:07 67k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses++-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:13 237k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygncurses-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:02 12k 2006/11/15 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel-8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpanel-8.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/11/15 2:04 150k 2008/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcre-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcre-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/4/24 20:30 303k 2008/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcrecpp-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcrecpp-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/4/24 20:30 7k 2008/04/25 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpcreposix-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpcreposix-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/4/24 20:30 22k 2002/06/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpopt-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygpopt-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2002/6/9 1:45 155k 2008/01/04 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline6.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygreadline6.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/1/3 22:31 219k 2008/06/09 C:\cygwin\bin\cygssl-0.9.8.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygssl-0.9.8.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/6/9 12:33 22k 2008/02/24 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwrap-0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwrap-0.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/2/23 2:03 65k 2006/10/16 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2006/10/15 21:10 1829k 2008/06/12 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0 "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2008/6/12 13:35 Cygwin DLL version info: DLL version: 1.5.25 DLL epoch: 19 DLL bad signal mask: 19005 DLL old termios: 5 DLL malloc env: 28 API major: 0 API minor: 156 Shared data: 4 DLL identifier: cygwin1 Mount registry: 2 Cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions Cygwin registry name: Cygwin Program options name: Program Options Cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2 Cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags Cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix Cygdrive default prefix: Build date: Thu Jun 12 19:34:46 CEST 2008 CVS tag: cr-0x5f1 Shared id: cygwin1S4 Can't find the cygrunsrv utility, skipping services check. 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