X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,J_CHICKENPOX_12,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:06:04 -0500 From: Jason Tishler Subject: Re: fetchmail pops up console windows In-reply-to: <20090114173331.GA2728@KCJs-Computer> To: Cygwin List Mail-followup-to: Cygwin List Message-id: <20090114180604.GA8648@tishler.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-disposition: inline References: <7zejb5f93k.fsf@vzell-de.de.oracle.com> <20090113072308.GF2424@KCJs-Computer> <20090113143134.GA4352@tishler.net> <20090113175536.GA3488@KCJs-Computer> <20090113190614.GA7028@tishler.net> <20090113220427.GA2344@KCJs-Computer> <20090114131111.GA2692@tishler.net> <20090114173331.GA2728@KCJs-Computer> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Gary, On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 09:33:31AM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: > On 2009-01-14, Jason Tishler wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 02:04:27PM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote: > > > So how does one set that right? > > > > Besides using editrights as suggested by Larry, you can also use the > > "Local Security Settings" MMC console on Windows 2000 or later: > > > > 1. start/Programs/Administrative Tools/Local Security Policy > > 2. start/Run.../secpol.msc > > Thanks, but I don't seem to have that on this system, Windows XP > Home Edition version 5.1 SP3. > [snip] Sorry, I forgot XP Home doesn't support the above. IIRC, this is one of the reasons why editrights was created. > I tried starting fetchmail from that dialog and got the same error > message as before. I essentially never used a Windows Home edition before, so I don't have any experience installing and running services on these OSes. Maybe someone on the list with this experience can help you? Jason -- PGP/GPG Key: http://www.tishler.net/jason/pubkey.asc or key servers Fingerprint: 7A73 1405 7F2B E669 C19D 8784 1AFD E4CC ECF4 8EF6 -- 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/