Greetings, Mark Geisert! > Hi Andrey,
> On 6/17/2026 10:36 AM, Andrey Repin via Cygwin wrote: >> Greetings, Mark Geisert! >> >> On 6/8/2026 3:35 PM, Lionel Cons via Cygwin wrote: >>> [...] >>>> If I run without cygserver id -a returns >>>> $ id -a >>>> uid=197620(lcons) gid=197121(Kein) >>>> groups=197121(Kein),197615(docker-users),545(Benutzer),559(Leistungsprotokollbenutzer),4(INTERAKTIV),66049(KONSOLENANMELDUNG),11(Authentifizierte >>>> Benutzer),15(Diese Organisation),113(Lokales >>>> Konto),4095(CurrentSession),66048(LOKAL),262154(NTLM-Authentifizierung),401408(Mittlere >>>> Verbindlichkeitsstufe) >>>>> but if I start cygserver each new session has gid=4095(CurrentSession) >>>> as egid/primary group for new terminals >>>> $ id -a >>>> uid=197620(lcons) gid=4095(CurrentSession) >>>> groups=4095(CurrentSession),197121(Kein),197615(docker-users),545(Benutzer),559(Leistungsprotokollbenutzer),4(INTERAKTIV),66049(KONSOLENANMELDUNG),11(Authentifizierte >>>> Benutzer),15(Diese Organisation),113(Lokales >>>> Konto),66048(LOKAL),262154(NTLM-Authentifizierung),401408(Mittlere >>>> Verbindlichkeitsstufe) >> >> I'm unable to reproduce the issue, but I'm a little unsure I have the >>> complete list of steps to do so. Let's start with these questions: >> >> Is your system part of a Windows domain? >> >> How exactly are you starting cygserver? >> >> When you say "each new session" do you mean opening a new Cygwin Terminal >>> that presents the usual bash+mintty user CLI? Or is it some other method? >> > I think I've observed a related issue. >> I have /tmp set up as user mount, and from time to time, when I log in, it >> points to %WinDir%\TEMP rather than to the current user's %TEMP%, in turn >> making many tools dysfunctional. >> > I have to restart cygserver for it to work. > That's interesting. Do you also have cygserver set up to start on Windows > boot? And could you please paste your mount /tmp command so I can set that > up identically? Yes, of course, cygserver is started at boot as a service. Here's full fstab >> # /etc/fstab >> # >> # This file is read once by the first process in a Cygwin process tree. >> # To pick up changes, restart all Cygwin processes. For a description >> # see https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table >> >> none /mnt cygdrive noacl,binary,nouser,posix=0 0 0 >> W:/ /run ntfs acl,binary,nouser,posix=0 0 0 >> none /tmp usertemp binary,user,posix=0 0 0 W: is a small 8MB ramdrive, if you are interested. Though, I just realized that I should probably set up /tmp as a per-user mount. (Through fstab.d) Please advise if so. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, June 19, 2026 18:43:32 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
