Cygwin 1.7 Does not work

2009-02-12 Thread Jaspreet Singh
Hi there, today i tried to start using 1.7 , but there there where many problems like cygrunsrv -S init gives lots of init: error reading initrequest init: can't open /dev/console We got bind9 but nobody told how to install it and just tell me if init works so good in cygwin why not to

Re: Cygwin 1.7 Status

2009-02-09 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hi there, Ok, Now have installed cygwin 1.7 parrallel to 1.5, i just wanted to know that is 1.7 ready to be used insted of 1.5. I just want services like sshd bind DNS and others does work as they are suposed to work. I have compiled apache, mysql and php under 1.5 then copied them

Re: SYSTEM Problem

2009-02-09 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hi, i just created a new user 'test' in windows and in /etc/passwd, in windows 'test' is a member of 'Users' group. Now when i run /bin/bash as SYSTEM User it 'su' to any user in there with valid shell, but it is not doing 'su' to User 'test'. So, i tried 'Runas' running CMD as

Cygwin 1.7 Status

2009-02-08 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hi there, Ok, Now have installed cygwin 1.7 parrallel to 1.5, i just wanted to know that is 1.7 ready to be used insted of 1.5. I just want services like sshd bind DNS and others does work as they are suposed to work. I have compiled apache, mysql and php under 1.5 then copied them in 1.7, seems

How to get XFCE ?

2009-02-08 Thread Jaspreet Singh
Can anybody tell me how to get XFCE for cygwin 1.7, In details if someone can. Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Re: How to get XFCE ?

2009-02-08 Thread Jaspreet Singh
* Jaspreet Singh (Sun, 8 Feb 2009 19:43:05 +0530 (IST)) Can anybody tell me how to get XFCE for cygwin 1.7, In details if someone can. http://sourceware.org/cygwinports/ How this works for cygwin 1.7, setup.exe 1.7 cant access this Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go

SYSTEM Problem

2009-02-07 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hi, i just created a new user 'test' in windows and in /etc/passwd, in windows 'test' is a member of 'Users' group. Now when i run /bin/bash as SYSTEM User it 'su' to any user in there with valid shell, but it is not doing 'su' to User 'test'. So, i tried 'Runas' running CMD as SYSTEM user of

Re: SYSTEM as root user

2009-02-07 Thread Jaspreet Singh
ok, Webmin got patched thats done, Now problem is that i just creted a new user 'test' with the help of useradmin module that worked fine too, user is added by my perl script that adds user to windows account then with /mkpasswd adds it to /etc/passwd, means thats valid but runing /bin/bash as

Re: SYSTEM as root user

2009-02-04 Thread Jaspreet Singh
, 6:04 PM Oh please, http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#TOFU http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR On Feb 4 17:41, Jaspreet Singh wrote: I was just gussing that if i made SYSTEM user as root user then the problem with the permissions will go I assume you read the Cygwin

Re: SYSTEM as root user

2009-02-04 Thread Jaspreet Singh
things too --- On Wed, 4/2/09, Corinna Vinschen corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com wrote: From: Corinna Vinschen corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com Subject: Re: SYSTEM as root user To: cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Wednesday, 4 February, 2009, 3:25 PM On Feb 4 00:18, Jaspreet Singh wrote: hi, How about

Love the Cygwin Work

2009-02-03 Thread Jaspreet Singh
Hey Guys, I just Love the Cygwin Work by cygnus, even if nobody here replies or in any way answer to my Question/Problems. Its really good what i realy like was how it gets windows into linux like enviorment, Coz of this i almost created WCAMP Layout on Windows XP and even did that

SYSTEM as root user

2009-02-03 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hi, How about if i make SYSTEM user as root in cygwin and Administrators Group as root Group, even install Cygwin 1.7 by SYSTEM user, Does it effect on Cygwin working in any way. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/ -- Unsubscribe

Need a good POP3/IMAP Server

2009-02-01 Thread Jaspreet Singh
Hello Guys and Grls, Anybody here got any of the POP3/IMAP server working under cygwin. UW does not in a way i want it to be and it only does cram-md5 login no other login. Anybody got Dovecot, courier-imap or cyrus-imap any of these working under Cygwin. Actually i am tring to complete a open

SOMETHING NEW FOR CYGWIN USERS - Accounts::Userlib

2008-11-03 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hey there get this. -- #!/usr/bin/perl # Accounts::Userlib for CYGWIN # # NOTE: I am not responsible for any kind of harm done to your system or feelings because of this perl module. # # Requirements # 1. Perl on cygwin. #

ld: Cannot Find -lldap

2008-10-23 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hi Guys, i am facing a problem building mod_perl2 on cygwin. I have build apache2.2 on cygwin which is working properly and also installed Bundle::Apache from Cpan. The make command stuck at ld: cannot find -lldap and in the starting it says ( probably harmless ) cannot find -lldap. By

Login as SYSTEM

2008-06-12 Thread Jaspreet Singh
Hey guys, i got login to bash shell as SYSTEM account. after loged in i can su to any user on my system without password. HOW it starts as localservice cygrunsrv -I runassys -p C:/windows/system32/cmd.exe -a /C start CMD.EXE /K D:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -i -i --nohide net start runassys

Permission Denied

2008-05-31 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hi guys, here's THE thing i installed cygwin with tar, make and perl as Administrator. then i created virtual user root in /etc/passwd copy of Administrator user in Windows uid 0 and there was already root group in /etc/group gid 0. Now the problem is that when i logon as administartor (as

Re: /dev/console

2008-05-23 Thread Jaspreet Singh
: Corinna Vinschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: /dev/console To: cygwin@cygwin.com Date: Thursday, 22 May, 2008, 6:50 PM On May 22 18:35, Jaspreet Singh wrote: i am getting some kinda error with init, its not executing scripts in runlevels. syslogd logs May 22 18:07:37 node1 init: PID 1832

/dev/console

2008-05-22 Thread Jaspreet Singh
i am getting some kinda error with init, its not executing scripts in runlevels. syslogd logs May 22 18:07:37 node1 init: PID 1832: `init' service stopped, exit status: 0 May 22 18:07:37 node1 init: open(/dev/console): Permission denied May 22 18:07:43 node1 init: can't open /dev/console May 22

cygwin virtual user

2008-05-13 Thread Jaspreet Singh
just a qus? can we create virtual user in /etc/passwd file like for real user entry is test:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:real_UID:real_GID:name,U-PC\test,real_SID:/home/test:/bin/bash Now above is the real userstring for real user 'test'. can i create a virtual user in cygwin /etc/passwd with values

Re: cygwin virtual user

2008-05-13 Thread Jaspreet Singh
ok now i created virtual user with 'test' username. login and proftpd works and i can guess sshd and others work too. So username, UID, GID, first part of gcos like name of user, home directory and shell can be changed believe me. just 1 qus? more How to give some different password to

Re: cygwin virtual user

2008-05-13 Thread Jaspreet Singh
On May 13 20:35, Jaspreet Singh wrote: ok now i created virtual user with 'test' username. login and proftpd works and i can guess sshd and others work too. So username, UID, GID, first part of gcos like name of user, home directory and shell can be changed believe me. just 1 qus? more

Re: cygwin perl useradd command

2008-05-10 Thread Jaspreet Singh
alright now i completed. this may be not optimized code but whatever this is what i came up with #!/usr/bin/perl $userprefix = cygusr_; $groupprefix = cyggrp_; # Function Output Help/Usage sub printhelp {

About init

2008-05-09 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hey guys, i got a QUS? When i run init from net start init it does not start services in rc.d or init.d directories. Anybody got an idea Bring your gang together. Do your thing. Find your favourite Yahoo! group at http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ -- Unsubscribe info:

xinetd and telnet

2008-05-09 Thread Jaspreet Singh
i installed cygwin and xinetd on windows XP sp2. then i disabled all xinetd services but telnet. Now in log it says Must specify a server in telnet telnet xinetd config service telnet { flags = REUSE socket_type = stream wait= no

cygwin perl useradd command

2008-05-09 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hey guys, anybody has useradd command on cygwin. Here's something interesting. i wrote a perl script for useradd command. it takes following arguments -u : Username\n; -p : Password\n; -g : Initial Group\n; -c : Comments\n; -d : Home

Re: cygwin perl useradd command

2008-05-09 Thread Jaspreet Singh
ok Hugh Sasse as you have saw what i have done. i understand everything you wrote as i am a programer like about using functions and grep. But, the problem is that i am a windows programer and do programing in Visual Basic, I have already compleated this useradd, usermod , userdel, etc

same user and group

2008-03-07 Thread Jaspreet Singh
hi, i am using cygwin on windows xp pro. can any body have idea how to create same user and group with same name like bin Save all your chat conversations. Find them online at http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php -- Unsubscribe info:

Re: IMAP/POP3 Support

2008-01-15 Thread Jaspreet Singh
I compiled dovecot but no good. Dovecot does not start. it says dovecot: Jan 15 15:17:03 Info: Dovecot v1.0.10 starting up dovecot: Jan 15 15:17:03 Error: Auth process died too early - shutting down where /usr/local/libexec/dovecot/dovecot-auth says dovecot-auth: Fatal: You'll need to add at

IMAP/POP3 Support

2008-01-14 Thread Jaspreet Singh
Hi I got cygwin working with apache, bind, exim, mailman, php, mysql and pgsql. But there's need for imap/pop3 server which support mysql database. I got webmin working with cygwin to control my virtual servers. I am using vexim with exim. So i need a imap/pop3 server that can work with

RE: IMAP/POP3 Support

2008-01-14 Thread Jaspreet Singh
Nop, no corect answer in http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2007-12/msg00404.html. I dont think even they got it working. Anything else you got. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo!

RE: IMAP/POP3 Support

2008-01-14 Thread Jaspreet Singh
Actually dovecot people claims that dovecot can work with cygwin with some code change. But they dint listed it how to. I asked them in the mail but they say they cant help as they dont have windows Ha Ha. I dont think they want to help.