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RE: Openssh port to cygwin


I can't explain why, but when I changed my shell from bash (bash.exe) to ash
(sh.exe) the NT executables ran in the foreground so to speak.

Stefan Norberg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com]On Behalf Of JJ Streicher-Bremer
> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 4:32 AM
> To: cygwin
> Cc: norbert.bladt@usa.net
> Subject: Re: Openssh port to cygwin
>
>
> I have been using the b20 and Sergey's port of sshd with great success.
> In my efforts to get openssh running on 1.1.2 I have noticed that the
> net.exe command no longer runs the same way.  Instead of running inside
> the shell (I am using bash) it spawns a separate console for the app.
> This has the effect of making the output inaccessible from the remote
> shell.
>
> I have set CYGWIN to be:
> CYGWIN='tty binmode title strip_title glob ntsec ntea'
>
> I am running Win2K.  I see that the command "net user" spawns a new
> shell, yet "net use" does not.  Have you run into this before?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> JJ Streicher-Bremer
>
>
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >
> > norbert.bladt@usa.net wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello everyone !
> > >
> > > Openssh on NT works very well, unless you are trying to
> > > use /winnt/system32/cmd instead of /bin/sh or
> > > unless you use real NT commands from the sh.
> > >
> > > In this case, no input / output redirection is possible,
> > > neither on UNIX nor - once logged in - on NT.
> > > Using "cygwin-enabled" GNU commands works fine, though.
> > >
> > > Now my questions are:
> > > Is this the intended behaviour ?
> > > If not what can be the reason or - with other words - do
> > > just I see this behaviour or is it the same for everybody else ?
> > >
> > > We really want to execute NT commands like "net use" or
> > > "net stop snmp", etc. from remote UNIX or NT host via ssh.
> > > Is this a bad idea and if yes, why ?
> > > Are there other WORKING solutions for that which are secure ?
> >
> > I'm using nt commands via ssh without problems as far as they
> > are not GUI commands. CLI tools like `net' are working _mostly_
> > fine. Some commands like `sc' sometimes have dubious problems
> > with their output.
> >
> > Try setting the environment variable CYGWIN so that it contains
> > `tty'. This might help.
> >
> > Corinna
> >
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