At 01:10 PM 12/10/2004, you wrote: >On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 12:40:37PM -0500, Larry Hall wrote: >>At 12:34 PM 12/10/2004, you wrote: >>>On Fri, 10 Dec 2004, Brian Dessent wrote: >>> >>>> Larry Hall wrote: >>>> > >>>> > The shortcut for all of that process is to run the below: >>>> > >>>> > mount -f -s -b "<DOS path to Cygwin installation directory>/bin" >>>> > "/usr/bin" >>>> > mount -f -s -b "<DOS path to Cygwin installation directory>/lib" >>>> > "/usr/lib" >>>> > mount -f -s -b "<DOS path to Cygwin installation directory>" "/" >>>> > >>>> > FWIW, following the reporting guidelines at >>>> > <http://cygwin.com/problems.html> >>>> > would have given the list this information in your initial post. In >>>> > other >>>> > words, there's good stuff at this page. :-) >>>> >>>> hmm... what if there was a simple shell script added to base-files, such >>>> as "mksysmounts" (and corresponding "mkusermounts" too I suppose) that >>>> would change any system mounts to user mounts, and vice versa. (Or >>>> perhaps a single script with several options.) Then the response to "I >>>> installed 'For me only'" would be "just run mksysmounts" instead of >>>> "reinstall" or "modify these paths as appropriate and run these >>>> commands". >>> >>>Good idea. I'd call the scripts "remount_as_system" and "remount_as_user" >>>or something... And I would also use the >>> >>>eval "`mount -m | sed ...`" >>> >>>trick that I posted earlier, instead of hard-coding the paths into the >>>scripts. >> >> >>I have no problem with this but if we're offering suggestions on how to >>fix the actual problem, then I'd go to the source and change the install >>scripts or maybe even 'cygrunsrv' to provide a warning and/or 'fix'. >>That should reduce the number of people having problems running service >>to only those that don't have permission to do so, in which case we can't >>help them anyway. > >Maybe we should just get rid of the "install as user" option and only >use it when absolutely necessary. Then issue a warning at that point.
Yeah, I'd agree that it's unclear to current users what the implication is for installing as "Just for Me" so I don't think it should be a user selected option. So I think your suggestion is a step in the right direction. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/