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


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