Re: Parse output of "net use", but language varies - force language for "net use"?

2024-07-22 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
et the requested information. Bill -- 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

Re: Parse output of "net use", but language varies - force language for "net use"?

2024-07-22 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
(I forget how many), so it's not a reliable source of truth anyway. You will need to get the information a different way. As has been mentioned, on the Windows platform, the best approach would be to use PowerShell rather than trying to perform parsing on output that's not designed to

Re: Parse output of "net use", but language varies - force language for "net use"?

2024-07-20 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
mes nearly impossible > > How can I force the language used by "net use" to English, even if the > system default language is Danish or French? > This sounds like an XY problem[1] to me What is the goal you're trying to accomplish? Enumerate existing connection

Re: ssh vulnerability CVE-2024-6387

2024-07-17 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 6:25 AM Lemons, Terry via Cygwin wrote: Vulnerability scanners run at my company have detected the following > vulnerability in the Cygwin sshd: > > CVE-2024-6387CVSS 3: 8.1 > > OpenSSH could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the > system, caused by a

Re: Run explorer.exe with Cygwin newgrp(1) - same user but different primary group

2024-05-31 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 5:21 PM Dan Shelton wrote: How can someone run explorer as Admin then? > I believe the point of the design was to prevent exactly that (as already noted, for security reasons). Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: ht

Re: Run explorer.exe with Cygwin newgrp(1) - same user but different primary group

2024-05-29 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
I understand it, Explorer always starts unelevated as the current user. This is by design for security reasons. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: htt

Re: WinSG Re: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

2024-05-29 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
oups' > - WinSG should be installed in C:\Windows\system32\ alongside cmd.exe > Not IMHO. > - Native Windows utilities use /? for help, not --help > This is really only a loosely followed convention and not all Windows tools follow it. (Example: Windows PowerShell cmdlet para

Re: Installing Cygwin as normal user in nonstandard location?

2024-05-25 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
e Cygwin versions in parallel. > (?) Why ask when you can just try both scenarios pretty easily? Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin

Re: DOS namespaces, accessible/walk-able as Admin via Cygwin?

2024-04-21 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
ot; ? https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20080613-00/?p=21963 Bill -- 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

Re: GetVersionEx() depreciated, what should be used instead for Windows 7/8/10?

2024-03-20 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
2H2) > 10.0.19045 (Win10 22H2) > 10.0.10586 (Win10 1511) > > Without a manifest, GetVersionEx returns: > 6.2.9200 (Win8) Thanks for testing. That was my recollection (RtlGetVersion is not subject to manifesting). Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FA

Re: GetVersionEx() depreciated, what should be used instead for Windows 7/8/10?

2024-03-19 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM Corinna Vinschen wrote: On Mar 19 09:18, Bill Stewart via Cygwin wrote: > > > I'm not sure of the exact scenario that led to the "RtlGetVersion is > > subject to manifesting" conclusion, but I can't reproduce it. > >

Re: GetVersionEx() depreciated, what should be used instead for Windows 7/8/10?

2024-03-19 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 9:01 AM Richard Campbell wrote: On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 9:04 AM Bill Stewart via Cygwin > wrote: > > > Can you please clarify the circumstances under which the RtlGetVersion > > function "may not return the correct values"? > > "Ori

Re: GetVersionEx() depreciated, what should be used instead for Windows 7/8/10?

2024-03-19 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
insup/cygwin/wincap.cc > Can you please clarify the circumstances under which the RtlGetVersion function "may not return the correct values"? (I am not aware of any, hence the question.) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygw

Re: How can I get the group SID for a file in cmd.exe (powershell is not an option)?

2024-02-29 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
t a built-in part of Windows until Windows 7. https://serverfault.com/questions/615275/ Bill -- 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

Re: How can I get the group SID for a file in cmd.exe (powershell is not an option)?

2024-02-27 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
as I write this.) Bill -- 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

Re: Automatic Cygwin installation for CI ?

2023-12-15 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 10:07 AM Mainz, Roland wrote: Is there any documentation how Cygwin 3.5.0 can be automatically (without > GUI and user intervention, e.g. via *.bat script) be installed as part of a > CI (Continuous integration) build environment ? > Have you looked at cygwin.com? -- Pr

Re: cmd.exe clone with UNC support?

2023-11-30 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
n a proposed solution. Bill -- 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

Re: Capturing a Cygwin instance from another PC

2023-11-22 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 7:53 AM Jose Isaias Cabrera wrote: I have a new Win11 PC, and I wanted to capture the same Cygwin setup that I > have in another Win10 PC. I copied the C:\cygwin64 folder from the Win10 pc > to the Win11 pc, then I downloaded a fresh setup-x86_64.exe from > cygwin.com to th

Re: setup-x86_64.exe (bug ?): Cannot write to /usr/bin/cygwin1.dll - cyserver squatting it...

2023-11-16 Thread Bill Sharp via Cygwin
On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 at 07:50, Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote: > On 2023-11-16 00:03, Martin Wege wrote: > > This is not helpful. Cygwin setup-x86-64.exe not being able to update, > > because SOMETHING is locking cygwin1.dll is in the top 50 of your IT > > support, right followed by the question of

Re: Cant install Cygwin Virt-manager that asks for library that asks for python2

2023-11-04 Thread Bill Sharp via Cygwin
ty" solution to get virt-manager running then consider the cygwin time machine: http://www.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/Cygwin/timemachine.html You can use this to do a fresh install from a snapshot taken before python2 was removed. Kind reagrds Bill -- Problem reports: https:/

Re: Cant install Cygwin Virt-manager that asks for library that asks for python2

2023-10-31 Thread Bill Sharp via Cygwin
cement it was expected this would break some orphaned packages: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin-announce/2023-July/011186.html Kind regards Bill -- 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

Re: Fork errors

2023-09-07 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
decimal 322 = ERROR_DEVICE_NO_RESOURCES ("The target device has insufficient resources to complete the operation"). Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info:

Re: Test for Windows Administrator permissions from Cygwin terminal|script?

2023-08-24 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 8:52 AM Bill Stewart wrote: On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 7:01 AM Andrew Schulman wrote: > > > How can I find out whether the current Cygwin terminal has >> > Administrator rights? I want to safeguard our admin scripts with a >> > simple test an

Re: Test for Windows Administrator permissions from Cygwin terminal|script?

2023-08-24 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
In that reference: "The CheckTokenMembership function simplifies the process of determining whether a SID is both present and enabled in an access token." As an example, I wrote a little Windows program called 'elevate' that has a '-t' option to test whether the cur

Re: Virus Total scan

2023-08-22 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
igured as relays. One of the IP addresses used by one of these relays was (or is) shared with a "dangerous" service. As a result I had to disable the relay feature in the installer as a default to (hopefully) reduce the number false positives. Bill -- Problem reports: htt

Re: Test for Windows Administrator permissions from Cygwin terminal|script?

2023-08-19 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
(same SID, S-1-5-32-544), and is called a "Domain Local Security Group" (i.e., it's a local group that's shared by all domain controllers.) Hope this helps clarify. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq

Re: fnmatch improvements

2023-07-28 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 5:12 AM Corinna Vinschen wrote: I'm puzzled because I'm an idiot. > That's one thing you certainly are not. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cy

Re: setup 2.926 release candidate - please test

2023-07-26 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
y problems here. > > ... > > - Fix reinstall via command line (thanks to Bill Stewart for helping to > identify this is a regression in 2.919) >Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-March/253352.html > (amended subject line) Seems to be working in my testing. Thank you! B

Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

2023-03-28 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
kage[,...]" -P "package[,...]" ...worked was 2.918. It does not work in 2.919 and later. Bill -- 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

Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

2023-03-27 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:18 PM Bill Stewart wrote: On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 6:32 AM Jon Turney wrote: > > >> If a package is listed for both -x and -P, it is reinstalled, so while >> not ideal, you might be able to achieve something like what you want >> with 's

Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

2023-03-27 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
nstalled... Is there another workaround? (Or did I miss something obvious?) Thanks! Bill -- 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

Re: cygrunsrv -L outputs nothing if service paths are quoted

2023-02-06 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Mon, Feb 6, 2023 at 1:06 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: Yeah, quoted paths were not handled at all. I pushed a new version > 1.64 which contains a patch. > Great; thanks! Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documen

cygrunsrv -L outputs nothing if service paths are quoted

2023-02-06 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
e" This seems to confuse cygrunsrv -L, though, as it produces no output. Bill -- 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

Re: Cygwin setup reporter as malware

2022-12-07 Thread Bill Stewart via Cygwin
On Wed, Dec 7, 2022 at 9:21 AM Sylwester Rutkowski wrote: The setup-x86_64.exe is reported as malicious at > https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/edd0a64dc65087ffe453ca94b267169b39458a983b29ac31320fcaa983d0f97e/detection > > Can this be resolved somehow? This is, of course, a false positive. The

Re: Issues to install cygwin 3.3.6

2022-11-21 Thread Bill Stewart
On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 7:18 AM Michel Robitaille wrote: Running setup-x86_64.exe (version 3.3.6) requires an app on Windows 11 > (fully up to date). > It is looking for an app that does not exist with Microsoft Store. > What app is it requiring? -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/prob

Re: Permissions issues after installing Windows 10

2022-06-03 Thread Bill Stewart
al accounts on a machine from PowerShell (all one line): Get-WmiObject -Query "SELECT * FROM Win32_UserAccount WHERE LocalAccount='TRUE'" | Select-Object Name,SID Note that in the output, these SIDs will start with S-1-5-21 and end with various RIDs. Bill -- Problem r

Re: Permissions issues after installing Windows 10

2022-06-02 Thread Bill Stewart
e local Administrators group, etc.) should resolve from any computer. Bill -- 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

Re: msi installer file?

2022-03-09 Thread Bill Stewart
On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 12:30 PM Monica Parker wrote: Hi, > I just want to know if there is an MSI installer file? If not, can one be > created? Im trying to create a package for SCCM and it wont accept exe > files. > There is no MSI package; sorry. Bill -- Problem reports

Re: Bug Report

2022-02-09 Thread Bill Stewart
should do X but fails in some way," not "please add feature X.") Recommended reading: How to ask questions the smart way[1] [1] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/f

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: setup (2.917)

2022-01-24 Thread Bill Stewart
ious, but this means that the Microsoft antivirus program prevented it from running. Exclude it. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygw

Re: Inquiry on Apache Log4j's Effect on Cygwin Software

2021-12-23 Thread Bill Stewart
og4J is a Java application logging framework. Bill -- 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

Re: Problem with ssh(d)

2021-11-10 Thread Bill Stewart
x27;t know what that might be. Bill -- 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

Re: Previously-functional gawk script now failing to execute - PLEASE HELP!!!

2021-09-15 Thread Bill Stewart
p you is probably not the best way to get help (to put it mildly) 3. Remember that the people who might be able to help you do so on a volunteer basis (also, see #2 above) You may be frustrated, but you're not doing yourself any favors by being rude. Bill -- Problem reports: https

Re: Cannot access system32 directory from 32 bit cygwin after the commit 456c3a46

2021-04-21 Thread Bill Stewart
ys, "you should think of System32 as the somewhat strange name for the 'system DLLs in the same bitness as the application [in this case, OS] that’s running' directory"). (You're right - not really the right place to discuss - was just responding to the evaluati

Re: Cannot access system32 directory from 32 bit cygwin after the commit 456c3a46

2021-04-21 Thread Bill Stewart
better word) that allows, from a Wow64 process, to refer to the real 64-bit system directory. You can use the name "Sysnative" if you are certain you really want to refer to the 64-bit system directory. This all seems like a pretty straightforward and sensible approach, IMO. Bill

Re: Cannot access system32 directory from 32 bit cygwin after the commit 456c3a46

2021-04-21 Thread Bill Stewart
bummer. I need some time to think about > a solution here. > Can you elaborate on what "sane assumptions" get broken? (The redirector is working as designed, as I understand it?) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https:

Re: sshd.exe waits repeatedly with SYN_SENT for inaccessible ldap

2021-01-28 Thread Bill Stewart
On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 12:06 PM Bill Stewart wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 6:31 AM Ilya Basin via Cygwin wrote: > > > The problem is solved. > > Our DHCP server was sending me a bad WINS server ip. After fixing the issue > > I had to reboot the PC (just refre

Re: sshd.exe waits repeatedly with SYN_SENT for inaccessible ldap

2021-01-28 Thread Bill Stewart
eboot is required. Probably 'nbtstat -RR' would have been sufficient (although this command does require elevation). Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info

Re: How to reinstall everything?

2021-01-21 Thread Bill Stewart
;,'pkg2','pkg3' setup -P ($packages -join ',') Or even this: setup -P ((Get-Content packages.txt) -join ',') Bill -- 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

Re: ssh-host-config doesn't "inherit" user admin privilege

2021-01-15 Thread Bill Stewart
#x27;s a member of the local Administrators group) with elevation (a process that runs using full administrative privileges). Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe i

Re: Is it possible to define the root directory in a cross compiled program

2021-01-05 Thread Bill Stewart
whatever account is being used by the cygwin process is still subject to its rights/permissions in Windows (i.e., "escaping" from a "chroot jail" does not give additional rights and/or permissions to an account that it didn't have before). Bill -- Problem reports:

Re: Setting env var CYGWIN for Cygwin service?

2021-01-04 Thread Bill Stewart
e code, but it seems that environment variables specified in this way are not propagated to the environment block for the process but instead are read some other way. Bill -- 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

Re: Setting env var CYGWIN for Cygwin service?

2020-12-31 Thread Bill Stewart
nment strings using the `--env' option. These are added as REG_SZ values in HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\\Parameters\Environment registry subkey. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: Cygwin 3.1.7 - xterm v360.1 - columns pasted from Excel no longer separated by tab

2020-12-18 Thread Bill shaffer via Cygwin
33 in 2018, which would be newer than my previous install. Thanks for the help! Bill From: Cygwin on behalf of Brian Inglis Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2020 11:22 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Cygwin 3.1.7 - xterm v360.1 - columns pasted from Excel

Re: sshd broken by seemingly trivial network change

2020-12-17 Thread Bill Stewart
thought the Windows firewall was the culprit, it turns out it was my own misunderstanding. Bill -- 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

Cygwin 3.1.7 - xterm v360.1 - columns pasted from Excel no longer separated by tab

2020-12-17 Thread Bill Shaffer via Cygwin
v -r is attached, as is the XWin.0.log file.  I redacted some identifying info. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Bill Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 1.20.9.0 OS: CYGWIN_NT-10.0-18363 L270433 3.1.7-340.x86_64 2020-08-22 17:48 UTC x86_64 OS: Windows 10 [Windows

Re: sshd broken by seemingly trivial network change

2020-12-17 Thread Bill Stewart
blocking the traffic. I would suggest to examine all of the rules carefully. I say this because it is happened to me before, and I could have sworn that I looked at all of the rules. BIll -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documenta

Re: Cygwin sshd broken by seemingly trivial network change

2020-12-17 Thread Bill Stewart
hether there is a rule blocking that executable or port. Just something to check. Bill -- 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

Re: Please add /cygdrive/c/Windows/Sysnative to the default PATH

2020-11-24 Thread Bill Stewart
s/windows/win32/winprog64/file-system-redirector The other links on the Microsoft documentation page regarding WoW64 are also quite helpful. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/

Re: Please add /cygdrive/c/Windows/Sysnative to the default PATH

2020-11-18 Thread Bill Stewart
or in cygwin and is likely to cause confusion. If you want to add it yourself, you can do so. Bill -- 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

Re: Windows 2019 support?

2020-09-21 Thread Bill Stewart
OW64 but not Windows 32 bit. Is that on purpose? It might > suggest to someone that cygwin does not run on a 32 bit processor but it > does. If WOW64 is supported, then IMO it's implied that the 32-bit version works on 32-bit Windows. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to state it e

Re: Windows 2019 support?

2020-09-17 Thread Bill Stewart
e: "Cygwin can be expected to run on all modern, released versions of Windows. Since January 2016 this includes Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and all later versions." Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window

2020-09-02 Thread Bill Stewart
ommend setlocal/endlocal; example: @echo off setlocal enableextensions rem set CYGPATH to cygwin "/bin" directory set CYGPATH=C:\cygwin64\bin set Path=%CYGPATH%;%Path% "%CYGPATH%\tar" %* endlocal Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window

2020-09-02 Thread Bill Stewart
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 11:40 AM Douglas Coup wrote: I did try copying all of the .dll files in the Cygwin bin folder to the > same folder where the copy of Cygwin's tar.exe sits. > Why is this step necessary? Is the cygwin install process not working? Bill -- Problem reports:

Re: Using cygwin tar from a DOS window

2020-09-02 Thread Bill Stewart
-mode program that, despite appearances, is not "DOS." DOS was a real-mode single-tasking operating system.) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info:

Re: Issue in starting the CYGSSHD service

2020-08-17 Thread Bill Stewart
tting it up per the docs. Once that's working, compare the configuration files between the one that's not working and the one that is working. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cyg

Re: Need information on creating service user to connect from the Agent server to Windows hosts for installing agents on remote

2020-08-10 Thread Bill Stewart
efault user for > authentication. > The service now runs as SYSTEM by default and this is a good thing because you don't have to manage its password or configure special user rights for it. Why doesn't this work for your scenario? Bill -- Problem reports: https://c

Re: need to fix permissions

2020-07-16 Thread Bill Stewart
e responder's email address when replying, as I have done above, to prevent potential spammer harvesting.) Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info:

Re: need to fix permissions

2020-07-15 Thread Bill Stewart
Shell or cmd.exe shell 2. Take ownership to Administrators group: takeown /F "C:\cygwin" /A /R /D Y 3. Reset all file permissions: icacls "C:\cygwin" /reset /T /C 4. Reset the file attributes: attrib -h -r -s "C:cygwin\*" /s Bill -- Problem reports: htt

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Country Of Origin Verification - 8944

2020-06-17 Thread Bill Stewart
ell us where this software > originated from that would be all we need to move forward. We have followed > the link you suggested and could still not find this information. > I doubt there is a simple direct answer to your question. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/pr

Re: RCS?

2020-06-15 Thread Bill Coffin
Sorry to jump the gun, I found cpp, too. -Bill On 6/15/2020 10:10 AM, Bill Coffin wrote: It turned out to be easier than that.  I just re-ran the installer and added the RCS package.  Works fine!  I also found "make" easily enough.  But which package contains cpp (the C preprocesso

Re: RCS?

2020-06-15 Thread Bill Coffin
It turned out to be easier than that.  I just re-ran the installer and added the RCS package.  Works fine!  I also found "make" easily enough.  But which package contains cpp (the C preprocessor, not the C++ thing). Thanks,   Bill On 6/14/2020 5:23 PM, Eliot Moss wrote: Rebuild t

RCS?

2020-06-14 Thread Bill Coffin
cygwin archives appear to be unsearchable) and have found nothing helpful. I copied the RCS executables, etc.,  from my old cygwin directories into cygwin64, but they don't work.  (I used the RCS package file list as a guide.) How can I get a working RCS? Thanks,    Bill -- Bill C

Re: Which rsync version is current?

2020-05-28 Thread Bill Stewart
ison (rsync maintainer) says that this problem is resolved in the upcoming rsync 3.2.0 release. Thanks Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cy

Re: Which rsync version is current?

2020-05-27 Thread Bill Stewart
#x27;t appear as an option in the Cygwin Setup tool. Presumably a new version of rsync will be available for Cygwin "real soon now". I'm going to stick with 3.1.2 for now. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/f

Re: Which rsync version is current?

2020-05-27 Thread Bill Stewart
seems that "3.1.3+20200429+gitf7746d0-1" is really identical to "3.2.0dev". Is this statement correct? If this statement is indeed correct, I would say that this is confusing (at the least) and that Setup or the rsync source code (or both) should be updated to reflect the c

Which rsync version is current?

2020-05-27 Thread Bill Stewart
atest? What's the difference between these? Thanks Bill -- 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

Re: ssh-pageant

2020-04-23 Thread Bill Stewart
uTTY - you don't have to use PuTTY to use Pageant (you may just prefer to use Pageant instead of ssh-agent or whatever and not use PuTTY). Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:https://cygwin.c

Re: setup-x86_64.exe --quiet-mode issues using Management Tools

2020-04-21 Thread Bill Stewart
it not block (even in the case of an exception). Whether the installer displays a GUI or not is really irrelevant, particularly if the installation isn't running as the current user (in which case the current user doesn't see the GUI anyway). Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwi

Re: setup-x86_64.exe --quiet-mode issues using Management Tools

2020-04-21 Thread Bill Stewart
is for the installer not to stop for input. Whether a GUI appears or not is irrelevant, as long as it doesn't block (stop for input). Bill -- 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

Re: Two naive questions

2020-04-20 Thread Bill Stewart
ssions and > discourage resurrecting dead threads. That depends on who administers the forum. That's not necessarily an inviolable rule. Again - not trying to start a controversy here - just pointing out that a mailing list has some limitations. (After all, web-based discussion forums

Re: Two naive questions

2020-04-20 Thread Bill Stewart
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 12:11 PM Eliot Moss wrote: > On 4/20/2020 1:41 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: > > > This exact problem is one of the main reasons why many organizations > > prefer a web-based forum rather than a mailing list. (NNTP is a > > possibility, but many [most?]

Re: Two naive questions

2020-04-20 Thread Bill Stewart
ations prefer a web-based forum rather than a mailing list. (NNTP is a possibility, but many [most?] organizations block NNTP access for content management and security reasons.) One of the other main reasons a web-based forum is preferable is that participants don't have to store/delete irrelevan

Re: setup-x86_64.exe --quiet-mode issues using Management Tools

2020-04-17 Thread Bill Stewart
gned correctly) causes the created installer to install the package without user input. If run in the user's session, a GUI is still visible; it just doesn't stop to ask for any input. If you install using a software management tool, this usually installs in a separate session, so it d

Re: setup-x86_64.exe --quiet-mode issues using Management Tools

2020-04-16 Thread Bill Stewart
On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 2:25 AM KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > > From: Cygwin On Behalf Of Bill Stewart > > On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 9:03 AM KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > > > > > I have already requested a feature to totally remove any GUI fro

Re: calm bounces (was: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender)

2020-04-16 Thread Bill Stewart
win.com > > Original-Recipient: rfc822;corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com > > Action: failed > > Status: 5.1.1 > > Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; unknown user: "corinna-cygwin" > > Are others also seeing these bounces from Corinna's releases: > > https://sourceware.org/p

Re: setup-x86_64.exe --quiet-mode issues using Management Tools

2020-04-15 Thread Bill Stewart
urious: Why does it matter whether a GUI appears or not, as long as it doesn't block (stop for input)? Bill -- 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

Re: sshd problem -- seteuid failed -- ancient problem

2020-04-15 Thread Bill Stewart
ld be just username, not domain+username https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html Bill -- 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

Re: [cygwin] FAQ entry "#faq.using.sshd-in-domain" obsolete

2020-04-14 Thread Bill Stewart
and sshd versions in use and check what's different between them. After documenting the specifics, you can post to this mailing list if you have specific questions. Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:http

Re: [cygwin] FAQ entry "#faq.using.sshd-in-domain" obsolete

2020-04-13 Thread Bill Stewart
On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 2:54 PM Jason Pyeron wrote: > Is there a replacement? It is a very common question. I would guess that this entry could simply be removed? I don't think there's any special configuration needed anymore just because a machine is a domain member. Bill -- Pr

FAQ entry "#faq.using.sshd-in-domain" obsolete

2020-04-13 Thread Bill Stewart
It would seem that the following FAQ entry ("How do I setup sshd in a domain?") is now obsolete: https://cygwin.com/faq.html#faq.using.sshd-in-domain Bill -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation:

Re: FYI: avast claims setup threat

2020-03-27 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 11:35 AM Ernie Rael wrote: > I just downloaded most recent setup-x86_64, v2.903. Avast was not happy. > > Threat name: IDP.Generic > > I did check with pgp2 --verify before I tried it. Report it to Avast as a false-positive. Bill -- Problem repo

Re: Cygwin-OpenSSH 8.2.2.2

2020-03-24 Thread Bill Stewart
evious versions? Going back to year 2000 or before? > > > > That sounds a bit onerous. > > I think the point Brian was trying to make was that it is not > sufficient to provide the source code in future releases of Bill's > Cygwin-OpenSSH package. To comply with

Re: Setup mirrors

2020-03-09 Thread Bill Stewart
become a mirror. This should be viewable by looking at a cached version of the page. Google search "how to become a cygwin mirror" and you will see that the /mirrors.html page is the top hit. Choose to view a cached version of that page. Bill "--Problem reports:

Re: cat /proc/partitions shows only devices, not partitions

2020-03-09 Thread Bill Stewart
the "Run as administrator" option, the Administrator group is not enabled in the process token, and thus actually does not have administrator permissions. (Using the "Run as administrator" option is often referred to as "running elevated.") Bill "--Problem reports:

Re: pseudo console and auto-wrap

2020-03-06 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Mar 6, 2020 at 3:04 PM Bill Stewart wrote: > > As Takashi explained, there is no fix on the cygwin side. It could be > > fixed on the Windows side, within the ConPTY API. > > You could report it there... > > Thanks - found this: > > https://github.com/mic

Re: pseudo console and auto-wrap

2020-03-06 Thread Bill Stewart
Thanks - found this: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal Seems that this would already be a known issue. Looking through there to see if this is already logged... Bill -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

Re: pseudo console and auto-wrap

2020-03-06 Thread Bill Stewart
wraps correctly cmd /c echo %PATH% -- wrapping broken winpty cmd /c echo %PATH% -- wrapping broken I would note that in both cases, winpty output is not correct. Does anyone have any ideas on how to fix it? Thanks, Bill -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ:

Re: Setup: How to automate source download for packages already installed?

2020-03-04 Thread Bill Stewart
ge2,package3"' This does what I need. Thank you! > An option which explicitly just installs the source for a specified > package might be useful. Agreed. Perhaps this could get added to a new iteration of the setup tool. But combining -I, -x, and -P are a useful workaround

Re: -bash: cd: /cygdrive/j/tri60/220-1116c_1.993: No such file or directory

2020-03-03 Thread Bill Stewart
file at all? Just put your text directly in the message.) Bill -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

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