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Date: | Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:46:59 -0500 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: /dev/console : permission denied |
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On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 02:24:53PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote: >Christopher McIntosh wrote: >>Consequently, I am back to the issue which I was first >>reporting/investigating: Why does init report open(/dev/console) : >>permission denied. > >strace might be able to tell you that. > >>SUMMARY: 1. 'cygcheck -s -v -r' causes an error when executed within a >>Cygwin shell (bash, sh, etc.); but is successful when executed within a >>CMD shell. > >Did you try removing 'tty' from $CYGWIN yet? I don't know about the cygcheck error but the /dev/console problem sounds like cygwin working as designed. From the description, it sounds like expected behavior to me. Something is trying open "/dev/console" when there is no console and is getting an error. Well, duh. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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