> > > > OK. Now I am bit confused. > > So are we. My apologies.
> > > I am not trying to run a service on the remote cygwin box and so I > > don't see how I would 'check the "Allow service to interact > with the desktop" > > checkbox' or why I would use the cygrunsrv application. > > Your remote box is Cygwin, and you're logging in via ssh, > right? That means that you *are* most likely running sshd as > a service. > Duh on my part, now the earlier comment makes sense. So.... I tried the following: 1) Reconfigured sshd to NOT use privilege separation 2) Configured the sshd service TO allow interaction with the desktop BINGO!! It works. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction. Jack -- 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/