On Jul 7 05:05, Steven Hartland wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Hartland" > > >We're updating our servers to a newer version of cygwin (1.7.15) > >from previous 1.7 version and in this version the install of > >cygrunsrv (V1.40, Apr 25 2012) fails to correctly prompt for > >a user password even though -u <username> is being specified. > > > >It seems like cygrunsrv maybe checking for an "interactive" > >session and incorrectly determining its not as in our case > >we are running the cygrunsrv via ssh e.g. > > > >ssh "cygrunsrv ...." > > > >We know that this worked correctly in cygrunsrv V1.34, Mar 18 > >2008. > > > >Bug introduced recently? > > After inspecting the code for cygrunsrv and adding some debug > I've determined this isn't a bug in the util but in cygwin's > getpass function which I believe may have been changed > recently by Corinna Vinschen, after googling around. > > Is this a new issue caused by these changes Corinna?
Looks like it. The code doesn't notice if stdin is not connected to a tty or pty, but to a socket instead and then falls back to returning with an empty password immediately. I'll fix that in CVS. For the time being, the workaround is to run `ssh -t ...' Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
