CRON service under an alternate account

[lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com]

Original Message:
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>From: Redterra spamtrap@redterra.net
>Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:45:41 +0800
>To: cygwin@cygwin.com
>Subject: CRON service under an alternate account

<snip>

>Why is CRON coded to always revert to SYSTEM, and as a consequence, never
>about to access network 
>shares, despite the fact that SSHd can be started under alternate
>credentials and gain access to 
>network shares?  Is there another way to change the account that CRON runs
>under other that 
>CYGRUNSRV?

Windows requires the SYSTEM account to permit changing users.  Running cron 
as a service presumes that it will be available to multiple users and thus 
need to impresonate the other users.  If you don't need this, perhaps you
want to try running cron directly from your shell.  You may find it useful
to review the security section of the Cygwin User's Guide:

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html



Larry


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