Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 17:14:22 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ssh/sshd Windows 2000 question Message-ID: <20010418171422.M15005@cygbert.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from karlm30@hotmail.com on Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 07:49:25AM -0700 On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 07:49:25AM -0700, Karl M wrote: > Hi All... > > I am running ssh/sshd as a srvany (as system) service on Windows 2000 sp1. > > I noticed that some files from applications that would go into > > .../Documents and Settings/user-name/... > > under normal circumstances end up in > > .../Documents and Settings/Default User/... > > when I run the program remotely from sshd. What is causing this? Missing user profile. If you are using roaming profiles you're out of luck. Cygwin isn't able to load them. So the environment is set to the default values which are valid even for services running under LocalSystem account. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple