Cygwin on Vista

I'm becoming an idiot. Every day I understand less: bash-3.2$ file AWTPlayer.java AWTPlayer.java: ASCII Java program text bash-3.2$ unix2dos.exe AWTPlayer.java AWTPlayer.java: unix2dos processing AWTPlayer.java: Permission denied bash-3.2$ unix2dos.exe < AWTPlayer.java > AWTPlayer2.java bash-3.2

Re: cygcheck -f ... misleading as to file ownership & no relative paths

Marco Atzeri wrote: /usr/share/doc/bash-3.2.33 $ cygcheck -f $PWD/README bash-3.2.33-18 (Right answer) === I guess I look at the "$PWD" as something that shouldn't be necessary for the user to type, since having to put "$PWD" before a filename isn't how the standard POSIX utils (cp, ca

Re: Grace distribution is not standard

Rodrigo Medina wrote: Hi, Unlike the distributions of all other packages the distribution of grace does not put the executable program in one of the standard directories /bin or /usr/X11R6/bin. Instead it puts xmgrace.exe inside /usr/share/grace/bin. In /bin there are only links pointing to th

Re: Grace distribution is not standard

Don't send my private email regarding this topic, I am subscribed to the cygwin list. Tatsuro MATSUOKA wrote: Hello --- Volker Quetschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The grace have not been executed on my computer. Are there people who tried to work the grace on thier computers? Yes, works fine

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: tcp_wrappers-7.6-4 [New: libwrap-devel-7.6-4, libwrap0-7.6-4]

tcp_wrappers provides host-based access restrictions on tcp services: facilities for monitoring and filtering incoming requests for the SSHD, SYSTAT, FINGER, FTP, TELNET, RLOGIN, RSH, EXEC, TFTP, TALK, and other network services. The package provides a tiny daemon wrapper program that can be i

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-8

* Brian Dessent (Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:21:39 -0800) > Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > Well, I found this out the "hard" way. Was that a known fact? "Known" > > as in "known to the public". > > Did you miss this text in the announcement that you're replying to? No, it says "The main purpose of this update

Re: grace

Hello I know the below. --- "Goldschmidt, Yadin Y" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have to start first the X server and then from the xterm window type > xmgrace. Please see http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2008-02/msg00228.html This is not so simple problem. Pleases trace the grace topic on t

Re: ncurses packages

Brian Dessent wrote: [great explanation of packaging] Wow, thanks Brian! You're really johnny-on-the-spot here. Instead of Gold Stars, maybe we should also have a web page listing great mailing list posts -- especially for things like this. Not exactly FAQ material, but stuff that would be n

Re: ncurses packages

NightStrike wrote: > There are various libncurses packages, as well as a package named just > "ncurses". What is the difference between these? Linux package management systems work in the same way. It's not really Cygwin or ncurses specific. A package is split into multiple parts for a number

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-8

Thorsten Kampe wrote: > Well, I found this out the "hard" way. Was that a known fact? "Known" > as in "known to the public". Did you miss this text in the announcement that you're replying to? > A change in the exception handling in Windows 2008 > Server requires to change the exception handling

Re: Success in accessing network shares on windows through sshd

Peter Klavins wrote: > Just a thought: Has there been any work done in the past to create a Windows > Security Service Provider that implements SSH2? My first impression is that cyglsa has been available for a while: But it's i

RE: Success in accessing network shares on windows through sshd

Larry Hall wrote: > Currently, the way to get what you want is to ssh in with password > authentication. That way, Windows knows who you are and that you are > allowed access to network shares. When you ssh in with pubkey > authentication, you are not authenticated through Windows but > rather th

Re: chmod o-r woes...

Marc Girod wrote: > Thanks Dave, > > Dave Korn artimi.com> writes: > >> paying close attention to the bit about how to generate, attach and send your >> cygcheck output with your question to the list > > Argh! How do I attach something via gmane? > How can I reply to your mail otherwise? > > $ cyg

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-8

* Corinna Vinschen (Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:36:00 +0100) > On Feb 24 08:47, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > * Corinna Vinschen (Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:28:19 +0100) > > > I've uploaded a test version of the Cygwin DLL and its utilities, > > > version 1.5.25-8. > > > > > > The main purpose of this update is to

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-8

* Corinna Vinschen (Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:38:05 +0100) > On Feb 24 09:05, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > > * Thorsten Kampe (Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:47:01 -) > > > When i first install the new release (click on "experimental") and on > > > a second run the rest the installation works fine. > > > > But Set

RE: chmod o-r woes...

On 24 February 2008 14:00, Marc Girod wrote: > Thanks Dave, > > Dave Korn artimi.com> writes: > >> This H drive of which you speak, it is a network drive perhaps? > > Indeed. Highly significant ... >> But I agree that documentation you mentioned could be clarified a bit, it >> doesn't

Re: chmod o-r woes...

Marc Girod wrote: Argh! How do I attach something via gmane? Use a newsreader that supports attachments? Try Thunderbird. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.ht

Re: chmod o-r woes...

Thanks Dave, Dave Korn artimi.com> writes: > This H drive of which you speak, it is a network drive perhaps? Indeed. > paying close attention to the bit about how to generate, attach and send your > cygcheck output with your question to the list Argh! How do I attach something via gmane? Ho

ncurses packages

There are various libncurses packages, as well as a package named just "ncurses". What is the difference between these? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ:

Re: Grace distribution is not standard

Hello --- Volker Quetschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The grace have not been executed on my computer. > > Are there people who tried to work the grace on thier computers? > > Yes, works fine here. Hmmm! Then why cannot I execute grace on my computers (in Univ. and Home)? I hope that the gr

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-8

On Feb 24 09:05, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Thorsten Kampe (Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:47:01 -) > > When i first install the new release (click on "experimental") and on > > a second run the rest the installation works fine. > > But Setup.exe creates neither an icon on the desktop nor on Start menu

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-8

On Feb 24 08:47, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Corinna Vinschen (Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:28:19 +0100) > > I've uploaded a test version of the Cygwin DLL and its utilities, > > version 1.5.25-8. > > > > The main purpose of this update is to allow Cygwin to run correctly on > > Windows 2008 Server. A chan

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-8

* Thorsten Kampe (Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:47:01 -) > When i first install the new release (click on "experimental") and on > a second run the rest the installation works fine. But Setup.exe creates neither an icon on the desktop nor on Start menu (even if the check boxes are ticked). Thorsten

Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: [experimental] cygwin-1.5.25-8

* Corinna Vinschen (Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:28:19 +0100) > I've uploaded a test version of the Cygwin DLL and its utilities, > version 1.5.25-8. > > The main purpose of this update is to allow Cygwin to run correctly on > Windows 2008 Server. A change in the exception handling in Windows 2008 > Serv