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From: | "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com> |
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Subject: | RE: Upgraded to XP: rxvt no longer working |
Date: | Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:23:12 +0100 |
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On 12 September 2006 16:13, news AT garydjones DOT mailshell wrote: > X-No-Archive: yes Won't work here. That's a google-specific command. > Anyway, rxvt no longer works for me. I used to use a shortcut with the > following properties to start it: > D:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -title "rxvt Terminal" -bg "#e0f0e0" -fg "#000040" > -cr midnightblue -fn "Lucida Console-14" -geometry 80x43+0+0 -sl 4000 -sr > -tn rxvt -backspacekey ^H -e /bin/login gary > > That now produces a "Password:" prompt. But the (Limited User) account I am > running from simply doesn't have a password. Pressing return tells me > "Login incorrect". Grr. > > So I changed the shortcut and removed the "-e ...", and I now get a > "sh-3.1$" prompt at /usr/bin. > > Agh! (to coin a phrase) > > Anyone got any tips please? I guess this is something to do with user > security, but that isn't something I ever had to bother with on 98 (since > no such thing exists). Simplest would just be to replace "-e /bin/login gary" with "/bin/bash --login -i". cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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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