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Date:	Mon, 27 Jan 2014 15:56:52 -0500
From:	"Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: cygwin64 - installation problem - installed by administrator account
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On 1/27/2014 1:29 AM, Flower, Martin wrote:
> Please excuse my newby-ignorance, but I can't work out how to progress
> this without some help
>
> Steps taken
> - Downloaded setup-x86_64.exe
> - Run setup-x86_64.exe using admflma (administrator account)
> - Logged in as netflma (my usual windows login)
> - Unable to start Cygwin from desktop icon
>    - unable to find mintty.exe
> - Able to start Cygwin from command line
>    - (C:\cygwin64\Cygwin.bat)
> - Error message is Your group is currently "mkpasswd" .. ..
> - mkpasswd -l  > /etc/passwd
>    - bash: /etc/passwd: Permission denied
> - drwxr-xr-x+ 1 admflma mkpasswd      0 22 jan 13.39 etc
> - If I run the console as user admflma, then no errors are reported
> - Log in to windows as admflma and start Cygwin from desktop icon
>    - unable to find mintty.exe
> - The objective is that any user on the computer can run Cygwin, but
>   particularly netflma (user without admin rights)
> - My guess is that the windows permissions are wrong for C:\cygwin64. I
>    have attempted to give all rights to all users, but this has not
>   solved the problem

Can you *attach* the output of 'cygrunsrv -srv' to a follow-up
mail with the output of 'id'?


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Larry

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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