Re: Reloaded Win XP, now need to reload cygwin - sorta

["Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh at cygwin dot com>]

Vidiot wrote:
> I GOT IT WORKING!!!!!
>
> The clues that got me thinking were the login problems with cron-config
> and the manual timer setup problems with TSReader.  Both complained about
> not being able to complete, because of login problems.
>
> So, I set up the system in classic login mode and sure enough, I couldn't
> log in.  Somehow, someway, I got set with no password.  Once I set it,
> cron-config worked and cron started my job and the program didn't hang.
>
> It had to be installed running as me, not privledged user.
>
> After all this, it would be real helpful to others to update the User Doc
> so that there is a section on how to start services like cron and ssh,
> to name a couple.  Even the FAQ should have entries about it.  Right now
> neither contain anything at all on how to start these things and they
> definately do not start like they would under Unix/Linux.

Both 'cron' and 'ssh' have config scripts that handle installing and
starting the service for you, if you let them.  They are documented in
their README files in '/usr/share/doc/Cygwin'.  'cygrunsrv --help' gives
you an overview of the command and it's available options.


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