X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_SUB_ENC_UTF8,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AB8E5D6.1070302@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:57:26 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UmU6IENhbid0IGdldCBTU0hEIHN0YXJ0ZWQgYWZ0ZXIgc3VjY2Vzc2Y=?= =?UTF-8?B?dWxseSBydW5uaW5nIHNzaGQtaG9zdC1jb25maWfDog==?= References: In-Reply-To: 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 On 09/22/2009 09:50 AM, Kyle Stanek wrote: >> take the simple route out and remove Cygwin (see the FAQ for pointers on how) and >> reinstall. > I am hesitant to do this, as I have spent a good amount of time > customizing my Cygwin environment. However, if you think this is the > only way to go I can do it. No, it's not. You can reset all the permissions to be the way they should be to run as the privileged user. See '/bin/ssh-host-config' and the related scripts it calls. Look for spots where it's changing ownerships and permissions and make sure yours match what's there for the privileged user on your system (SYSTEM for XP, cyg_server for later O/S versions). Thanks Marco for picking up on my cygcheck sshd typo, -- 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? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple