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Re: cron and UNC files


Haven't done this myself. I don't know. It looks like a user rights problem, but
I couldn't get it to work either.
Maybe someone else on cygwin@ will know.

Max.

Mike Campbell <Mike.Campbell@oracle.com> wrote:
> Ok, I can see what the problem is but when I try to start cron as a specific
> user I get a 'setuid: not owner' error.
>
> Is there a solution to this?
>
> ========================
> Mike Campbell
> Oracle Technical Support
> mike.campbell@oracle.com
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
> To: "Mike Campbell" <Mike.Campbell@oracle.com>; <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 9:31 AM
> Subject: Re: cron and UNC files
>
>
>> Mike Campbell <Mike.Campbell@oracle.com> wrote:
>>> I've got cron up and running fine on my win2k system with the exception
>>> that I don't have access to network drives via UNC format.
>>
>> Most likely cause: You are running cron under the LocalSystem (a.k.a. SYSTEM)
>> account, which has no network credentials. This is a Windows issue, not a
cygwin
>> issue. See http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q124184.
>>
>>
>> Max.


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