Weird problem when opening MSWORD docs via SSH session to Cygwin

[Larry Hall (Cygwin)]

Perry Ng wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> I've been trying to get Cygwin to open up a MSWORD document via a vbs
> using cscript but have struck a weird problem when attempting to do
> so.
> 
> I've created a VBS, it opens the  word document and prints it.
> 
> Using Cscript + vbs, it works fine from the Cygwin shell, However
> 
> The vbs fails to open the word document, when i ssh to the cygwin
> terminal and running the same script using cscript command, it fails
> to find the word document.
> 
> ****************
> root@test ~> ssh administrator@cygwinserver  cscript "test.vbs"
> 
> Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.
> 
> Error # 424 - C:\test.doc - Object required
> 
> ********************
> 
> The VBS is telling it to open a file from C:\test.doc  (which exists).
> 
> 
> Now i know the word document exists and the vbs works, because from
> the Cygwin terminal it opens fines and performs as it should. It only
> fails to load when i do it via SSH.
> 
> It can't find the document, even tho i know the document exists and
> the vbs script works via the cygwin shell. It seems to fail when you
> execute the cscript filename.vbs via ssh to the Cygwin server.
> 
> I've searched high and low, but can't seem to find any answers.
> 
> ANY help would be appreciated.

I'm going to guess you're using pub key authentication with ssh.  If so,
try password instead.

If my WAG isn't correct, I recommend reading and following the problem
reporting guidelines found at the link below if you need to follow-up on
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