X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:30:58 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: WMIC hangs Message-ID: <20070427163058.GC6146@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <46321C01.1060701@cygwin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <46321C01.1060701@cygwin.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 11:51:29AM -0400, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: >Will/Strobel wrote: >> Objective: ssh into windows run to wmic.exe >> >> Problem: when calling wmic.exe cmd line hangs, the process is being created, >> but nothing else. Once you kill wmic.exe it releases the cmd line back. >> >> Is there an issue with wmic or is there an environment var I need to set? > >'ssh' uses a pty by default for I/O which Windows programs don't understand. >See the information on 'tty' at: > > > >I haven't tried installing 'sshd' without 'tty' set. And, of course, >if this works, it will only work from a command prompt window. Cygwin >terminals (rxvt, xterm) won't work because they use ptys. If sshd needs to have tty set that is a bug. There should be no reason for it and it actually could make sshd run slightly slower. 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/