I had reported a problem where startx was failing due to the X server not accepting connections. It was pointed out to me that from 1.3.12-4 to 1.3.13-2, the ntsec option was on by default and this would affect NT domain machines (which is what I am using on my Windows 2000 machine).
So here is the symptoms of the problem on a UID basis: DMELEEDY-D01-13: id uid=500(AdiPcAdmin) gid=544(Administrators) groups=544(Administrators) DMELEEDY-D01-14: touch foo DMELEEDY-D01-15: ls -l foo DMELEEDY-D01-16: ls -l foo -rw-r--r-- 1 7469 Administ 0 Oct 22 03:41 foo As you can see, with 1.3.13-2, the file is owned by UID "7469" not 500. If I revert to the old dll, 1.3.13-2, the same file (not recreated): DMELEEDY-D01-3: ls -l foo -rw-r--r-- 1 AdiPcAdm Administ 0 Oct 22 03:41 foo has the correct file permissions. So it was suggested that I use, mkpasswd to fix the problem. The problem with this is that my machine was set up by my corporation to use an NT domain, but it would not be connected to that domain unless I use VPN. So without VPN running, this is what happened: DMELEEDY-D01-1: mkpasswd -d -u AdiPcAdm mkpasswd: [2453] Could not find domain controller for this domain So then I connected with VPN to see if I could do it after that: DMELEEDY-D0102: mkpasswd -d -u AdiPcAdm mkpasswd: [2221] The user name could not be found. Now this machine was set up with it's own local domain, so that is probably why it couldn't find the domain controller in the first case, and then in the 2nd case the domain controller didn't know anything about my local accounts. So, another problem I saw is when I reinstalled cygwin with the new dll, some files weren't being created properly, I remember seeing flashing by something about permissions not being correct to create the /var/spool/texmf/ls-R file, and indeed that file is 0 bytes long. So other than preventing "startx" from working, this is breaking the basic install process for other packages as well. What can be done to fix this? Is there a way to shut off ntsec so I can get things working with the new dll? Please let me know if I can supply you with any further information. Also, I will be glad to help debug any tests you may set up. Just tell me the details of how to download any test code. Thanks, -Dave ________________________________________________________________________ David Meleedy Analog Devices, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Three Technology Way Phone: 617 461 3494 Norwood, MA 02062-9106 USA -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
