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Date:	Sun, 2 Jun 2002 14:20:56 -0500 (CDT)
From:	Bob Friesenhahn <bfriesen AT simple DOT dallas DOT tx DOT us>
X-X-Sender:	bfriesen AT scooby DOT simplesystems DOT org
To:	rich-paul AT rich-paul DOT net
cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Cygwin mounts not available when logged in over network
In-Reply-To:	<20020602150023.A12067@monster.rich-paul.net>
Message-ID:	<Pine.GSO.4.44.0206021417190.25087-100000@scooby.simplesystems.org>
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2002 rich-paul AT rich-paul DOT net wrote:

> This sounds like a problem I had using an old ORB:  The orb ran as a
> service, and was unable to access windows shares, although anything else
> could.
>
> The solution, IIRC, was to change the user under which the service ran.

I used the procedures described in Cygwin's ssh and inetd
documentation to register the servers.   The servers are indeed
running as windoze services.

If the user name is changed, will this cause the user id of the shell
that gets started to change?  What user ID should the service run
under?

Note that you are talking to a Windows neophyte here.

Bob

> On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 01:12:09PM -0500, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > With the current release of Cygwin I am experiencing the bizzare
> > problem that a samba mount which is mounted as drive "Z:" on my
> > Windows XP system is available to Cygwin applications when accessed
> > from a Windows console window (Cygwin default or rxvt), but does not
> > appear to be mounted if I access the system via remote login with
> > telnet, ssh, or xterm from a remote X11 server.
> >
> > In a console window 'ls /cydrive/z' lists the expected files but I see
> > the error
> >
> >   /bin/ls: /cygdrive/z: No such file or directory
> >
> > if the shell is accessed over the network.  I assume that Cygwin's
> > mount mapping is not being activated for some reason.
> >
> > I am currently using zsh as my shell, compiled under Cygwin, but the
> > same problem occurs when using Cygwin's bash shell.
> >
> > Does anyone know the reason for this problem?  Is there a workaround?
> >
> > Bob
> > ======================================
> > Bob Friesenhahn
> > bfriesen AT simple DOT dallas DOT tx DOT us
> > http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen
> >
> >
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Bob Friesenhahn
bfriesen AT simple DOT dallas DOT tx DOT us
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