Thanks for the response, Corinna, and the suggestion. I will do that and come back to you guys. Mike
> On 22 Feb 2019, at 09:55, Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com> wrote: > > Hey Mike, > > On Feb 21 16:56, Mike Brady wrote: >> Hello again. Further to the rather vague email below, here is a link to what >> I did to install Shairport Sync on a fresh Cygwin installation: >> >> https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/blob/development/CYGWIN.md >> <https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/blob/development/CYGWIN.md> >> <https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/blob/development/CYGWIN.md >> <https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync/blob/development/CYGWIN.md>> >> >> Regards >> Mike >> >> >>> On 20 Feb 2019, at 21:50, Mike Brady <mikebr...@eircom.net> wrote: >>> >>> Hi there. I'm trying to set up Shairport Sync as a CYGWIN service, and I'm >>> trying to use cygrunsrv. >>> >>> Briefly, I can get everything to work properly except the D-Bus interface >>> -- when shairport-sync is installed as a service, it can't "own" a >>> well-known name on the "system" D-Bus. >>> >>> I built a configuration and installer for shairport sync essentially by >>> copying the avahi-daemon-config file. >>> >>> The Avahi deamon uses the system D-Bus successfully under the username >>> "SYSTEM" and without (AFAICS) changing IDs. But for the life of me, I can't >>> get Shairport Sync to work the same way. >>> >>> Incidentally, if I change the D Bus policy file for Shairport Sync to be >>> allowed to own its well-known name on D Bus when running under the logged >>> in account, everything is peachy. >>> >>> Any suggestions gratefully received. Incidentally, I'm the main developer >>> of Shairport Sync -- https://github.com/mikebrady/shairport-sync. >>> >>> Best wishes >>> Mike Brady >>> > > You have been heard, but I have not the faintest clue what d-bus or, > FWIW, avahi are doing. Ideally, if you could break down the problem > to a simple, self-contained testcase which shows what exactly is not > working on a plain libc level, help may be possible :} > > > Corinna > > -- > Corinna Vinschen > Cygwin Maintainer -- 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
