Re: Names for debug packages

2012-05-29 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 28 23:47, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: On 2012-05-26 07:17, Ken Brown wrote: There's been discussion on the cygwin list about packages containing debug symbols, most recently in http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-02/threads.html#00536 where the consensus (I think) was that package

future of su

2012-05-29 Thread Eric Blake
Upstream coreutils is considering completely dropping su, in favor of having util-linux provide su across all GNU/Linux distros. Right now, cygwin's su.exe comes from coreutils, but with a cygwin-specific patch, and it still doesn't do quite what users are used to from a Linux perspective. Is it

Re: future of su

2012-05-29 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 29 09:37, Eric Blake wrote: Upstream coreutils is considering completely dropping su, in favor of having util-linux provide su across all GNU/Linux distros. Right now, cygwin's su.exe comes from coreutils, but with a cygwin-specific patch, and it still doesn't do quite what users are

Re: future of su

2012-05-29 Thread Thomas Wolff
Am 29.05.2012 17:37, schrieb Eric Blake: Upstream coreutils is considering completely dropping su, in favor of having util-linux provide su across all GNU/Linux distros. Right now, cygwin's su.exe comes from coreutils, but with a cygwin-specific patch, and it still doesn't do quite what users

Re: future of su

2012-05-29 Thread Eric Blake
On 05/29/2012 02:58 PM, Thomas Wolff wrote: Am 29.05.2012 17:37, schrieb Eric Blake: Upstream coreutils is considering completely dropping su, in favor of having util-linux provide su across all GNU/Linux distros. Right now, cygwin's su.exe comes from coreutils, but with a cygwin-specific

Re: future of su

2012-05-29 Thread Yaakov (Cygwin/X)
On 2012-05-29 16:02, Eric Blake wrote: So now the question is whether the util-linux maintainer is willing to turn on the building of su (can that version even be made to work in cygwin?) or whether I should fork su and its cygwin-specific patches out of the coreutils package and instead into

ISO: steps to start Windows PuTTY while using Cygwin/X x authentication

2012-05-29 Thread Larry W. Virden
Platform is Windows 7 64 bit, using cygwin/x 1.11.1-1 and started with: /usr/bin/X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard -silent-dup-error -auth /home/user/.Xauthority -auth /home/user/.serverauth.780 Once this starts up, the user is able to start mintty, xterm, etc, can start ssh -Y otherserver and have x

Problem with basic startx and xterm - no cursor or focus

2012-05-29 Thread Patrick Hogan
Hi list, A slightly more pared-down version of a question I've posed previously. From a new Cygwin install on Windows 7 running 1024x768 resolution, compare the result of the following two commands run from a Cygwin terminal: startx /usr/bin/xterm -- -logfile broken.log startx /usr/bin/xterm

RE: Problem with basic startx and xterm - no cursor or focus

2012-05-29 Thread Senseney, Justin (NIH/CIT) [E]
This seems to be a fairly fundamental problem, and the placement of the xterm determines whether the entire X.org session is usable or not. Does anyone know anything about this problem? I will only mention that while I am unable to recover from this same problem (rebase/reinstalling/different

src/winsup/lsaauth ChangeLog Makefile.in cygls ...

2012-05-29 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2012-05-29 12:46:02 Modified files: winsup/lsaauth : ChangeLog Makefile.in cyglsa.c cyglsa64.dll make-64bit-version-with-mingw-w64.sh Log message: * Makefile.in (LIBS):

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog security.h

2012-05-29 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2012-05-29 13:01:50 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog security.h Log message: * security.h (cygsidlist::+=): Correctly copy well_known_sid info from source cygsid. Patches:

src/winsup/cygwin ChangeLog select.cc

2012-05-29 Thread corinna
CVSROOT:/cvs/src Module name:src Changes by: cori...@sourceware.org 2012-05-29 13:11:35 Modified files: winsup/cygwin : ChangeLog select.cc Log message: * select.cc (select_stuff::wait): Temporarily disable restarting entirely. Patches:

problem with rexec

2012-05-29 Thread Marilo
I know ssh is more secure, but I am interested in rsh/rlogin/rexec.. so i'm just trying it locally on my own few computers, just for the sake of knowing them. rexec is working fine for me locally $ rexec 127.0.0.1 ls Password: _vimrc _vimrc a.a a.ag a.b $ rexec -l user 127.0.0.1 ls Password:

Re: Windows 7, cron, permissions

2012-05-29 Thread Guy Harrison
Hi Marco, Sorry. I believed it best to post all available details. The key problem is this message.. Access Denied. Administrator permissions are needed to use the selected options. Use an administrator command prompt to complete these tasks. On Monday 28 May 2012 16:59:45 marco atzeri

why is rsh not running normally but is running rlogin?

2012-05-29 Thread Marilo
As mentioned, I am just trying rexec/rsh/rlogin, just as a test, on my few computers. I know ssh is more secure.. I have uncommented these lines in inetd.conf shell stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd rshd -L login stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd rlogind exec

Re: 20120523: bug in fork/exec

2012-05-29 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 25 15:10, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: On 2012-05-25 04:40, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On May 25 03:26, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote: With the 20120523 snapshot, if a process attempts to fork/exec Which snapshot shows this effect first? Ouch, it starts with 20120309. Thanks. That would mean

Re: Mintty Log Off problem (now 1.7.16s)

2012-05-29 Thread Harry G McGavran Jr
On 05/28/12 11:32, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: I'm puzzled why others aren't seeing this or aren't reporting it, but this problem seems to be back with 1.7.15 and I've now tried the latest snapshot (May 25) and it's back there too. It occurred with 1.7.10 and then got fixed, but now it

Re: Seteuid operation not permitted error when using LSA for sshd

2012-05-29 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On May 29 12:41, Mark Pattie wrote: I have now removed Cygwin completely from the server and reinstalled. I am using the default service account that Cygwin creates for sshd (cyg_server), removed the create a token object permission for this account and configured the LSA package but have the

Re: Mintty Log Off problem (now 1.7.16s)

2012-05-29 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 28/05/2012 1:32 PM, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: On 02/18/12 11:28, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: I've found a little more information -- this problem goes away if I change my default shell to dash. Seems tcsh is involved somehow. It comes back when I change my default shell back to tcsh. Going

[cron-config] Possible issue with administrators group ?

2012-05-29 Thread AZ 9901
Hello, I am looking at the /bin/cron-config script. Line 627, we can find : elif net localgroup ${_admingroup} | grep -Eiq ^${username}.?$; then Why .? at the end of the regexp ? ^${username}.?$ We could have problems if for example we already have user1 in administrators group, and cron user

Re: Mintty Log Off problem (now 1.7.16s)

2012-05-29 Thread Harry G McGavran Jr
Ryan Johnson wrote: I routinely encounter mintty windows that don't close after I exit the login shell they run (even though they contain no visible child processes), but they can still be closed using the big red X in the corner... your problem sounds like something more sinister. Ryan There

Re: Mintty Log Off problem (now 1.7.16s)

2012-05-29 Thread Andy Koppe
On 29 May 2012 13:57, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 28/05/2012 1:32 PM, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: On 02/18/12 11:28, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: I've found a little more information -- this problem goes away if I change my default shell to dash.  Seems tcsh is involved somehow. It comes back when

Re: Mintty Log Off problem (now 1.7.16s)

2012-05-29 Thread Andy Koppe
On 29 May 2012 17:17, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: Ryan Johnson wrote: I routinely encounter mintty windows that don't close after I exit the login shell they run (even though they contain no visible child processes), but they can still be closed using the big red X in the corner... your problem

Re: Mintty Log Off problem (now 1.7.16s)

2012-05-29 Thread Harry G McGavran Jr
On 05/29/12 12:31, Andy Koppe wrote: On 29 May 2012 17:17, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: Ryan Johnson wrote: I routinely encounter mintty windows that don't close after I exit the login shell they run (even though they contain no visible child processes), but they can still be closed using

[BUG] lftp 4.3.6

2012-05-29 Thread Achim Gratz
There is an insidious bug that affects at least lftp on the latest cygwin snapshot as well as the 1.7.15 release. Prepare and run an lftp script like this: perl -e 'foreach (1..100){' \ -e 'print ls -r file:/, ' \ -e '(map {$_x10. /}(a..z)), \n}' \ test.lftp lftp -f test.lftp |

Re: [BUG] lftp 4.3.6

2012-05-29 Thread Achim Gratz
Achim Gratz writes: perl -e 'foreach (1..100){' \ -e 'print ls -r file:/, ' \ -e '(map {$_x10. /}(a..z)), \n}' \ test.lftp Sorry, there's a space missing: perl -e 'foreach (1..100){' \ -e 'print ls -r file:/, ' \ -e '(map {$_x10 . /}(a..z)), \n}' \ test.lftp

Re: Mintty Log Off problem (now 1.7.16s)

2012-05-29 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 29/05/2012 2:27 PM, Andy Koppe wrote: On 29 May 2012 13:57, Ryan Johnson wrote: On 28/05/2012 1:32 PM, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: On 02/18/12 11:28, Harry G McGavran Jr wrote: I've found a little more information -- this problem goes away if I change my default shell to dash. Seems tcsh

Re: New Cygwin release

2012-05-29 Thread Andrew DeFaria
On 5/25/2012 1:30 PM, Earnie Boyd wrote: On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Karl M wrote: Hi All... With all of the recent bug fixes, could we have a new release once all the dust settles. WAUWOIDB (What a useless waste of internet data bits). The CRT (Cygwin release team) will DIWTGATI (Do