Re: [bug: csih] Setting privileged rights to cyg_server fails on Windows 7.

[Csaba Raduly <rcsaba at gmail dot com>]

Hi Takashi-san,

On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Takashi Yano  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have found that iu-config of inetutils package fails to set
> the privileged rights to cyg_server on Windows 7 if the machine
> is not domain member.
>
> I looked into this problem, and found that this is the problem
> of csih package.
>
> In other words, csih expects environment variable LOGONSERVER
> is set, but it is not set on Windows 7 without domain.
>
> This issue is resoleved with following simple patch.
>
> I hope fixed version of csih will be released.
>
> --- cygwin-service-installation-helper.sh.orig  2015-10-28 18:23:35.000000000 +0900
> +++ cygwin-service-installation-helper.sh       2018-06-13 22:24:30.353515600 +0900
> @@ -2883,6 +2883,7 @@
>      then
>        # This test succeeds on domain member machines only, not on DCs.
>        if [ "\\\\${COMPUTERNAME,,*}" != "${LOGONSERVER,,*}" \
> +          -a "${LOGONSERVER}" != "" \
>            -a "${LOGONSERVER}" != "\\\\MicrosoftAccount" ]
>        then
>         # Lowercase of USERDOMAIN
>

Won't this break Windows 7 computers which *are* on a domain ?

Csaba
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