Cygwin/X - Query: why invoking from cmd backgrounds?

2024-01-20 Thread Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin
Hi, I am just wondering if anyone understands why XWin detaches/runs in the background, when launched from Windows Command Prompt. This being different to when run from Mintty. Here's what happens with my Mintty invocation, which stays in the foreground: | $ XWin :1 -nolisten tcp -ac

Re: Sparse file support for SMB by default? Re: Comment about "Cygwin: sparse support: enable automatic sparsifying of files on SSDs", extend feature to VMware/qemu disks?

2023-12-06 Thread Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin
Hi Corinna, On 6/12/2023 8:38 pm, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: If you want to see if a filesystem supports that flag, just use the /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo tool: $ /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo . Device Type: 7 Characteristics: 20020 Volume Name: Serial

Re: Command 'net user' outputs error message if PKA is used

2023-11-27 Thread Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin
Hi, On 27/11/2023 7:51 pm, tk--- via Cygwin wrote: Any idea why this is happening ? I suspect the reason is related to this long standing understanding of Cygwin: https://sourceware.org/legacy-ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00087.html On 03/09/2004 2:13 am, Corinna Vinschen wrote: Public Key

Re: Cygwin/X - *bizarre discovery* doorknock like behaviour for new windows

2023-10-21 Thread Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin
Hi, On 20/10/2023 12:40 pm, Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin wrote: On 20/10/2023 11:50 am, Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin wrote: What I am seeing is that for Cygwin/X, in multi-window mode (and it just occurred to me it would be helpful to check the behaviour in rooted(? manual page terminology) mode

Re: Cygwin/X - doorknock like behaviour for new windows

2023-10-19 Thread Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin
On 20/10/2023 11:50 am, Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin wrote: What I am seeing is that for Cygwin/X, in multi-window mode (and it just occurred to me it would be helpful to check the behaviour in rooted(? manual page terminology) mode. I'll follow-up on this)... in multi-window mode (Xwin

Cygwin/X - doorknock like behaviour for new windows

2023-10-19 Thread Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin
Hi, I've now noticed this across two different installations, both Windows 10 and Windows 11. I've refrained from attaching a cygcheck output for the moment, because I'm confident this is reproducible. What I am seeing is that for Cygwin/X, in multi-window mode (and it just occurred to me it

Re: sshd_config AllowStreamLocalForwarding *remote not possible* / effectively privsep off

2023-08-07 Thread Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin
Hi, I've just updated the subject line for accuracy. Only remote/reverse unix socket forwarding fails. Further, I have a clarification that might have significance: On 8/08/2023 3:40 am, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: > On Aug 7 22:11, Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin wr

Re: sshd_config AllowStreamLocalForwarding perm off / effectively privsep off

2023-08-07 Thread Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin
Hi, On 8/08/2023 3:40 am, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote: On Aug 7 22:11, Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin wrote: .. Yes, the parts of OpenSSH requiring descriptor passing are disabled in OpenSSH. Otherwise, what's the solution? Solution for what? What is it you want to do? Reverse unix

sshd_config AllowStreamLocalForwarding perm off / effectively privsep off

2023-08-07 Thread Shaddy Baddah via Cygwin
Hi, For the current OpenSSH server (9.3p2), AllowStreamLocalForwarding defaults on. That means both local and remote unix socket port portforwarding are possible. For Cygwin, it appears the remote form of this is not possible. The following message is seen on the client-side, regardless of