1.5.25: cygwin executeables are crashing from time to time (Windows 2003 Server Ver 5.2 Build 3790 Service Pack )

Stefan Walter stefan.walter@lisec-sw.com
Thu Apr 30 10:16:00 GMT 2009


Mark Geisert schrieb:
> Stefan Walter writes:
>   
>> Attached now the cygcheck.out. Maybe someone can give me now a hint for 
>> the crashes.
>>
>> Additional: There is no Antivirus as well as Firewall running on the System.
>>     
> [...] 
>   
>> Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics
>> Current System Time: Tue Apr 14 11:02:39 2009
>>
>> Windows 2003 Server Ver 5.2 Build 3790 Service Pack 2
>>
>> Running under WOW64 on AMD64
>>
>> Running in Terminal Service session
>>     
>
> Others may see something else in the cygcheck output you sent; thanks for
> sending it.  What stood out to me is what's quoted above.  This kind of smells
> like the "cygwin bash crashes on Win Serv 2008" thread from last October.  That
> ended up with the realization that installing Terminal Service changes the
> system-wide DEP (Data Execution Protection) flag for the worse, as far as Cygwin
> is concerned.
>
> Could you please read one of the later emails on that thread:
> <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2008-10/msg00459.html>
> and see if the situation applies to your systems and whether the workaround
> works for you?  I know the thread talks about Windows Server 2008 and you're
> running WS2K3, but maybe it applies there too.
>
> ..mark
>
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I have changed the DEP as well as i was trying with peflags. Nothing 
seems to work.

I am getting a critical situation, if there is no fix available.

Does anyone have some further tips, how to solve the problem?

Thanks in Advance, Stefan

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