RE: problems using cron to access NTFS encrypted files on XP

Hey Pierre, That worked like a charm. Thanks! (I thought cron was running as me --- /bin/whomai reported 'Matt' -- but it was really running as LocalService or something like that...) --Matt -Original Message- From: Pierre A. Humblet Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:25 PM To: [EM

problems using cron to access NTFS encrypted files on XP Pro

Well I think I'm figured out part of what's going on here. It appears that when the backup script is run by cron, it is not able to read or write encrypted NTFS files. Is there a workaround? Thanks much, Matt -Original Message- From: Matt McNeil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Satur

permission denied errors in script run by cron

Hi, I'm trying to do automated backups with a cron job in cygwin and am running into permissions issues. (I'm using XP Pro). When I run this command from the shell, it works fine -- no errors: /bin/cp -uvdR My\ Documents/ /f/Documents\ and\ Settings/Matt/ However, when run from my crontab: