X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-id: <4B9825E5.7030707@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:06:13 -0500 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: Re: Network install of Cygwin? References: <1c3de4741003101459x3b985da4j7b49160d60b2d4f3@mail.gmail.com> In-reply-to: <1c3de4741003101459x3b985da4j7b49160d60b2d4f3@mail.gmail.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 On 3/10/2010 5:59 PM, John Sambrook wrote: > Regarding mount tables, I'm assuming the issue is that the mount-table > is modified on a per-user basis. So a single, shared-over-the-network > version isn't going to hack it. Correct? A single user with Cygwin installed on a network location is just like a local install for that user except for the extra network overhead. So 'setup.exe' will do this for you very nicely. > I also suspect that there are probably packages in a full-up > distribution that write into locations in the distribution tree. For > example, if I fire up pdflatex, I believe it invokes (kpathsea?) to > build font-files or something along those lines. This can happen, though not typically. > I would guess there is also the question of where writable directories > like /tmp and /var reside. Should I have one network-wide shared /tmp > or should each client somehow get its own? I'd prefer the latter. The latter. You'd also need at least your home directories to be writable at least. -- 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