Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Shaddy Baddah wrote: Hi again, On 7/20/2006 1:30 AM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: I'm so sorry I didn't pick up on this earlier. Thanks for your attention. If you have any ideas on the UID 400 problem, I'd still be very interested to hear what was happening on that. One

Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

Hi again, On 7/20/2006 1:30 AM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: I'm so sorry I didn't pick up on this earlier. Thanks for your attention. If you have any ideas on the UID 400 problem, I'd still be very interested to hear what was happening on that. One last bit of diagnosis. In my earlier email, I

Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

Hi again again, On 7/21/2006 12:29 PM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: The attachment is a log of commands that I executed that highlights the problem very clearly. You will see that after running *exim-config* (not cygserver-config), the Cygwin services correctly display as uid SYSTEM, and not 400.

Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

Shaddy Baddah wrote: Hi again, On 7/20/2006 1:30 AM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: I'm so sorry I didn't pick up on this earlier. Thanks for your attention. If you have any ideas on the UID 400 problem, I'd still be very interested to hear what was happening on that. One last bit of diagnosis. In my

Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

Hi again, On 7/19/2006 11:39 PM, Shaddy Baddah wrote: Well, after running cygserver-config, and before running the cygserver service itself, I was able to run the ssh and exim services (as before), and actually make valid connections to the servers (as was not happening before). I was also

Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

to me a few times now :-( I don't know why, but the original email on the line just above, did not make it to the list (or the archive). For completeness, I've in-line included it below. Regards, Shaddy Original Message Subject: Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM

Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

Hi, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: Why didn't you configure the service via /usr/bin/iu-config? I'd suggest you uninstall, reinstall, and try using the configure script instead. With some luck, it will be able to undo any missteps and configure a working and proper inetd for you. Larry, I am

Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

Hi, I've recently been required to use a Windows XP Professional system, and have been trying to setup a Cygwin inetd service. After installing the requisite Cygwin packages, I performed a: cygrunsrv -I inetd -d CYGWIN inetd -p /usr/sbin/inetd -a '-d' and then: cygrunsrv -S inetd

Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

Shaddy Baddah wrote: Hi, I've recently been required to use a Windows XP Professional system, and have been trying to setup a Cygwin inetd service. After installing the requisite Cygwin packages, I performed a: cygrunsrv -I inetd -d CYGWIN inetd -p /usr/sbin/inetd -a '-d' and then: