X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: Install cygwin in Win2K as nonadmin from CD make from WinXP Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:06:02 +0200 Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 * Paul Domaskis (Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:47:16 -0400) > I will be using a standalone Win2K machine on which I will likely not > have admin access. Will this be a problem, if I choose to install > only for the account of interest? No, I use that version exclusively on my machines (because I run Cygwin from my USB stick). > There are various web references to the requirement for admin, but > they are generally associated with specific packages e.g. OpenSSH. Yes, and specific setups (like runnning the sshd as a service) > I will be creating the installation CD from a WinXP machine. Will the > installation CD be OS-agnostic and thus be suitable for a Win2K target > machine? Yes. Thorsten -- 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/