On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:51:29AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >Will/Strobel wrote: >> Objective: ssh into windows run to wmic.exe >> >> Problem: when calling wmic.exe cmd line hangs, the process is being created, >> but nothing else. Once you kill wmic.exe it releases the cmd line back. >> >> Is there an issue with wmic or is there an environment var I need to set? > >'ssh' uses a pty by default for I/O which Windows programs don't understand. >See the information on 'tty' at: > ><http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html> > >I haven't tried installing 'sshd' without 'tty' set. And, of course, >if this works, it will only work from a command prompt window. Cygwin >terminals (rxvt, xterm) won't work because they use ptys.
If sshd needs to have tty set that is a bug. There should be no reason for it and it actually could make sshd run slightly slower. cgf -- 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/
