More Info - Cygwin Cron - Cannot Switch user context

[Rebstock, Roland]

This resolved the issue

net user cron_server <passwd> /add /yes
  net localgroup <administrators_group_name> cron_server /add
  editrights -a SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege -u cron_server
  editrights -a SeCreateTokenPrivilege -u cron_server
  editrights -a SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege -u cron_server
  editrights -a SeServiceLogonRight -u cron_server
  mkpasswd -l -u cron_server >> /etc/passwd

For security reasons:
  editrights -a SeDenyInteractiveLogonRight -u cron_server
  editrights -a SeDenyNetworkLogonRight -u cron_server
  editrights -a SeDenyRemoteInteractiveLogonRight -u cron_server

 give "cron_server" permission to write on the "/var/run/cron.pid" and
"/var/log/cron.log" 
	
And then create a cron service using that account:
  cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -u cron_server -w <passwd>

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Ford [mailto:ford@vss.fsi.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 10:15 AM
To: Rebstock, Roland
Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: More Info - Cygwin Cron - Cannot Switch user context


On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, Rebstock, Roland wrote:

> CYGWIN_NT-5.2  1.5.5

Two simple suggestions:

Upgrade.  Cygwin 1.5.5 is now very old.  I'd try 1.5.10, or a snapshot.

Have you attached cygcheck output yet?  I don't remember seeing it.

-- 
Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
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