On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:25:06 -0400 (EDT), Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > David, this is definitely an FAQ, but there is nothing in the FAQ about > services (other than the "how do I install snapshots" entry). Should we > add something along the lines: > > Why don't my services work? > > Most Windows services run as the SYSTEM user. If you installed Cygwin > for "Just Me", the SYSTEM user won't see the mount table. You need to > re-mount all of your mounts as "system" for services to work. > > We could even include the recipe for remounting as system (e.g., from > <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-05/msg00487.html>), or tell them to run > setup.exe again and select "All Users" on the "Install For" screen (and > use the "Keep" view, so that nothing gets upgraded accidentally). > > Incidentally, being able to use system mounts requires write access to the > HKLM registry tree. However, installing services also seems to require > it, so if anyone has problems with services not working (but being > correctly installed into the registry) should also be able to use system > mounts. Don't know if this is worth mentioning in the FAQ.
Well, I updated that FAQ. I left out the registry-permission bits since it seemed superfluous. KISS! <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq0.html#SEC30> -- 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/
