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Re: cygwin.bat fails with "WFMO failed waiting for cygthread 'WnetGetResourceInformation'


On Jun  6 11:39, Tim Hart wrote:
> All,
> 
> My XP machine is currently unable to connect to my Windows domain before logging in. Windows uses cached information to accept my domain login. I then VPN to my domain, and life is good.
> 
> If my VPN connection is established, then Cygwin works just fine. If, however, I am not connected to my VPN, then I see the message:
> 
> C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe (1672): *** WFMO failed waiting for cygthread 'WnetGetResourceInformation'
> 
> This behavior is different than on previous versions of Cygwin - I could launch bash(cygwin.bat) just fine whether or not I was connected to the domain.
> 
> If this change is intentional, then I would like to discuss the matter. Are you really beefing up security by not allowing me to run bash & the cygwin subsystem? Even though Windows accepts the login and will let me run anything else that doesn't require Domain resources?

This has nothing to do with security but with accessing shares on the
network.  Apparently you're accessing shares which are only available
when the VPN is up and this *somehow* results in some internal problem.

Unfortunately you're only giving very basic information.  Please have a
look into http://cygwin.com/problems.html and follow the guidelines for
reporting problems.  Especially add some clue how shares come into play.
Any share you're accessing always in, say, your .bashrc?  Yes?  No?  How?


Corinna

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