DOCUMENT:Q322735 06-AUG-2002 [winnt] TITLE :Issues with CRON When You Upgrade Interix 2.2 to SFU 3.0 PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows NT PROD/VER::2.2.1,2.2.2,2.2.3,2.2.4,2.2.4.03,2.2.4.08,2.2.5,3.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbenv kbtool ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX, version 3.0 - Interix versions 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.4.03, 2.2.4.08, 2.2.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= You can upgrade to Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) 3.0 from Microsoft Interix 2.2, but you cannot upgrade from earlier versions. You must remove earlier versions before you install Windows SFU 3.0. Note that Cron functionality is affected in several ways. MORE INFORMATION ================ SFU 3.0 uses a different method for storing passwords for the Cron service. Cron users must re-enter their passwords by using the "crontab -p" (without the quotation marks) command. Also, note that the CRONADMIN utility is not included in SFU 3.0. User-Specific Cron Services Not Upgraded ---------------------------------------- If you install Windows SFU 3.0 as an upgrade of Interix 2.2, user-specific Cron services that were created by Interix 2.2 are not modified or upgraded to work with Windows SFU 3.0. 1. To list user-specific cron services, type "/bin/service list" (without the quotation marks) at an Interix shell prompt. The names of user-specific cron services are listed in this format cron_+ where is the name of the user's domain and is the user's logon name. 2. After you identify these services, remove them by running the "/bin/service remove " (without the quotation marks) command at an Interix shell prompt for each service, where is the name of the service to be removed. 3. After you remove the service, the user who owned the service must reinstall the user's Crontab file by running the "crontab -e" (without the quotation marks) command at an Interix shell prompt. 4. The user who owned the service must register the user's password by running the "crontab -p" (without the quotation marks) command at an Interix shell prompt. The user's Crontab file is generally located in the following folder in the Interix 2.2 installation folder: usr/lib/cron/user The Crontab file has the same name as the user's fully qualified domain name (+). Additional query words: solar coaster solarcoaster ====================================================================== Keywords : kbenv kbtool Technology : kbInterixSearch kbUNIXSearch kbWinServiceUNIXSearch kbInterix221 kbInterix222 kbInterix223 kbInterix224 kbInterix22403 kbInterix22408 kbInterix225 kbWinServiceUNIX300 Version : :2.2.1,2.2.2,2.2.3,2.2.4,2.2.4.03,2.2.4.08,2.2.5,3.0 Issue type : kbinfo ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2002.