On Aug 17 11:30, Andre Heider wrote: > hi, > > windows comes with the following defaults: > > system wide environment variables "TMP" and "TEMP" set to the value > "%SYSTEMROOT%\Temp" > user overwritten variables set to "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temp" > > when logging on using rdp these values are correctly set by windows to the > user specific values. a cygwin shell withing this logon inherits these > values. > > now, if i logon using opensshd installed as a cygwin service, these two > variables have the system wide value. as a fact, no user specific vars are > set. > > is this case normal users dont have write access to "%SYSTEMROOT%\Temp" > (again, windows default). since these values are used for the api function > GetTempPath(A|W) some native win32 programs fail due to access denied > error. > > shouldnt these values be set by cygwin (perhaps setuid?). or did i simply > configure something the wrong way?
That's a side effect of using pubkey authentication and there's no way around it for the time being. Set the variables manually in your local profile and you're all set. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/