On Wed, 27 Aug 2003, Rob Clack wrote: > Hmmm, don't see how it can have anything to do with the mapping of a > networked drive, since the problem started on the NT4 box, at which time > the scriptlet was located in /cygdrive/e/cygwin/rnc/try. > > Since I wanted to demonstrate that it worked on the Linux box (having > tripped over that one originally!) each time I hacked one copy of the > script I then had to move to the other machine and duplicate the changes > I'd just made. Clearly this was error-prone, so it made sense to just > use the copy on the Linux box. On the NT4 it's accessible as > /cygdrive/i/rnc/try.
Rob, Well, it's usually a good idea to keep as many variables fixed as possible. By sharing the script, you've unknowingly introduced another variable (that of SMB shares). I'd suggest moving the script back to a local directory, and simply copying it to the shared drive when you want to try it on Linux. That way you can reliably reproduce the problem on the local drive. > And no, I've never heard of smbntsec. What's it mean/do? See <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html>. It's on by default. FYI, it may require very careful hand-maintenance of /etc/passwd and /etc/group (in fact, I've ended up turning it off because the maintenance effort wasn't worth it for me). You might wish to add "nosmbntsec" to your CYGWIN variable. Igor > Regards > Rob > > Larry Hall wrote: > > At 09:36 AM 8/26/2003, Rob Clack you wrote: > > > >>Gerrit > >> > >>I've been away for a week, hence the delayed response. > >> > >>Thanks for this and clearly my scriptlet was broken. I've now tried both > >>alternatives as suggested below. Both work perfectly under Linux. Neither works > >>under NT4. > >> > >>Linux output: > >> > >>script is executable > >> > >>NT4 output: > >> > >>I damn well am! > >> > >>To eliminate error further, I'm now running just one copy of the script, since the > >>disk I use on my Linux box is mapped to the i: drive on the NT4 box. > > > > > > > > Are you suggesting that you're using a mapped drive from your Linux box? > > That may be the problem. Do you have 'smbntsec' set in your CYGWIN > > environment variable? > > > > > > > > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > Holliston, MA 01746 -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
