X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <46800D18.7010200@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:44:40 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Reloaded Win XP, now need to reload cygwin - sorta References: <200706251833.l5PIXZl16927@mrvideo.vidiot.com> In-Reply-To: <200706251833.l5PIXZl16927@mrvideo.vidiot.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Vidiot wrote: > I just thought of something else. > > Why not have the setup program have a section where it asks if the user wants > to start services like cron and ssh, where there would be the selection box > and at the bottom of the GUI it would tell the user to reference the readme > files in the doc directory as well as running cygrunsrv --help to start > services not selected during setup. > > I'm actually surprised that cron isn't started by default, since it has been > with every Unix/Linux install I've done. The ssh daemon has been optional > and must be set up later. > > In any event, asking during the install would be nice, even if it is a > reinstall. > > Food for thought. You may be surprised to find out that these ideas are not new. What's been missing in the past has been patches that do something like what you suggest in a compelling way. If you're interested, you may be able to remedy that. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/