problem of cron in cygwin xp

[Chunyu Liu]

Igor,

This is a error in the application one:
"The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( cron ) cannot be found. 
The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or 
message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be 
able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help 
and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: 
cron : PID 3248 : starting service `cron' failed: execv: 1, Operation 
not permitted."

I checked system log, no error there.

For SYSTEM-owned shell, are you talking about this method?
$ at /interactive 12:19 c:\cygwin\bin\bash --login -i
Invalid command.

$ at /interactive 12:19 /cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/bash --login -i
Invalid command.

Did I miss anything?

Chunyu

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

>Chunyu,
>
>The main part of the event is "cron : PID 3248 : `cron' service stopped.",
>so this is not quite what you're looking for.  Are there other events from
>cron around that time in the event log?  Did you look at the system log,
>or the application one?
>
>Google allows you to restrict the search to a particular domain (see
><http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html#domain>).  So, you'd search
>for something like '"at /interactive" site:cygwin.com'.
>	Igor
>
>On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Chunyu Liu wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Igor,
>>
>>windows event log does contain something, but I can't understand them.
>>"The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( cron ) cannot be found.
>>The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or
>>message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be
>>able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help
>>and Support for details. The following information is part of the event:
>>cron : PID 3248 : `cron' service stopped.".
>>
>>I don't know how to search "at /interactive" on "cygwin.com".  In
>>cygwin.com, no search engine is provided.
>>
>>Chunyu
>>
>>
>>Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Chunyu,
>>>
>>>Does the Windows event log contain any clues?
>>>
>>>Cron from the command line wouldn't start a service -- it'll start the
>>>application itself...  Which should be enough to ascertain whether your
>>>crontab works.
>>>
>>>The instructions for getting a system-owned shell can easily be found by
>>>searching Google for "system-owned shell cygwin".
>>>    Igor
>>>
>>>On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Chunyu Liu wrote:
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Igor,
>>>>
>>>>Thank you for the help.
>>>>
>>>>I tried to follow your instruction, but no luck to get it work.
>>>>1. cron_diagnosis.sh does not find any problem.
>>>>2. the cygcheck is attached.
>>>>3. The only error message I got is:
>>>>
>>>>$ cygrunsrv --start cron
>>>>cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 error
>>>>1062:
>>>>The service has not been started.
>>>>
>>>>4. cron.log is fine.
>>>>
>>>>[1732] cron started
>>>>[1652] cron started
>>>>[1920] cron started
>>>>[3668] cron started
>>>>[264] cron started
>>>>[3668] cron started
>>>>[2284] cron started
>>>>
>>>>5. cron from the command line  looks fine, does not report any error,
>>>>but does not start the service either.
>>>>
>>>>6. How to get the SYSTEM-owned shell?
>>>>
>>>>I've spent hours trying to find the answer to all the problems in the
>>>>sea of questions & answers, and can't make it.
>>>>It's really a headache.
>>>>
>>>>Chunyu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Chunyu,
>>>>>
>>>>>Please do not send Cygwin questions in personal mail unless specifically
>>>>>requested.  All discussion of cygwin-related topics should happen on the
>>>>>Cygwin list unless specifically requested otherwise.  One of the benefits
>>>>>is that the discussion ends up in the list archives.  Another is that you
>>>>>have access to the expertise of many people instead of just one.
>>>>>
>>>>>For your convenience, I'm redirecting this query to the Cygwin list.  More
>>>>>replies below.
>>>>>
>>>>>On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Chunyu Liu wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Dear Igor Pechtchanski,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I noticed that you've been trying discussed this problem in the forum.
>>>>>>But I don't know whether you had the conclusion on this.
>>>>>>Would you mind helping me?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I have tried
>>>>>>cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D
>>>>>>cygrunsrv -S cron
>>>>>>
>>>>>>and set /var/run/cron.pid to a+rw,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>At the "-S cron" step, I can even see the new record in the log file at
>>>>>>/var/log, saying
>>>>>>[1652] cron started
>>>>>>But cygwin pompts:
>>>>>>"cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: QueryServiceStatus:  Win32 error 1062:
>>>>>>The service has not been started."
>>>>>>
>>>>>>And "ps" does not show job of cron running. The cron does not do any
>>>>>>scheduled work either.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I checked Windows Services control panel, the cron is associated with
>>>>>>cygrunsrv there. But whenever it's "started", it stopped immediately.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>>>>>Chunyu Liu
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>Is there any information in the log on why the cron program couldn't run?
>>>>>Can you run cron from the command line?  ...From a SYSTEM-owned shell?
>>>>>Did you search the list archives for a similar problem?  Did you run Mark
>>>>>Harig's "cron_diagnose.sh"?
>>>>>
>>>>>Also, please read and follow the Cygwin problem reporting guidelines at
>>>>><http://cygwin.com/problems.html>.
>>>>>      Igor
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>
>  
>


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