> Ruud, > > I know it can be difficult to remember everything a page says after > reading through it once, but this issue actually is mentioned in the > Users' Guide under "Internet Setup": > > <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-net.html> > > "The Install For options of All Users or Just Me should always be left on the > default All Users, unless you do not have write access to > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE in > the registry or the All Users Start Menu. This is true even if you > are the only > user planning to use Cygwin on the machine. Selecting Just Me will cause > problems for programs such as crond and sshd." >
If indeed this is accurate and the whole story, the option should be removed, and write access tested for. But I would think this should also decide whether the Cygwin program group and shortcut gets put in the All Users or the current user's start menu. -- Gary R. Van Sickle > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 07:07:49PM +0100, Ruud Huynen wrote: > > Thank you for your explanation, which points directly to the problem. > > I did a lot of reading yesterday, internet, faqs, userguide, readme files. > > I didn't find anything pointing into this direction. > > The problem occurs in inetutils and sshd and maybe other packages. > > I think it should be described in the readme's and in the userguide. > > > > Ruud > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Larry Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Ruud Huynen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Cygwin List" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 9:28 PM > > Subject: Re: problems with cygrunsrv and inetd > > > > > > > Actually, yes. Installing for "Just me" creates mount points only for the > > > current user. All services started by Cygwin are, by default, started as > > > another user, typically SYSTEM, which won't see the user-specific mount > > > points. To run services "right out of the box" with Cygwin, you really > > > need to install for "All Users". Looking back now at your report, I guess > > > there was the hint of this issue in the report and your cygcheck output > > > clearly shows user mounts. Sorry I didn't pick up on this and point it > > out > > > to you sooner. The alternative to reinstalling everything would have been > > > to just remount all your mounts as 'system' rather than 'user' (see 'man > > > mount') or rerunning setup again without uninstalling and picking "All > > > users" insteaad. But you clearly got to where you want to be with your > > > method. Good catch on your part! Glad you got it working. > > > > > > Larry > > --snip-- > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/