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From: "Noel L Yap" <yap_noel AT jpmorgan DOT com>
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
cc: Emuller AT Painewebber DOT Com, Cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:39:44 -0400
Subject: Re: telnet problems with current cygwin version
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Can someone point me to where all of this is documented?

Thanks,
Noel


corinna AT vinschen DOT de on 2000.06.14 16:55:39

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To:   emuller AT painewebber DOT com
cc:   cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com (bcc: Noel L Yap)
Subject:  Re: telnet problems with current cygwin version


Edward Muller wrote:
>
> I downloaded and installed the current cygwin version last night.
>
> I mounted all of my dirs and the mount looks like this:
> Device              Directory           Type         Flags
> c:\cygwin\bin       /bin                user         textmode
> c:\cygwin\etc       /etc                user         textmode
> c:\cygwin\lib       /lib                user         textmode
> c:\cygwin\tmp       /tmp                user         textmode
> c:\cygwin\usr       /usr                user         textmode
> c:\cygwin\var       /var                user         textmode
> c:\cygwin           /                   user         textmode
>
> I installed inetd with the --install-as-service option and everything looked
like it was going to rok okay, until I tried telneting to localhost. I am able
to ftp fine BTW. I noticed that whenever I tried to telnet to localhost
in.telnetd would startup in the task list, then die. So I stopped inetd and ran
the following:
> bash-2.04$ ./in.telnetd -debug
>
> When I try to telnet to the telnet deamon, the above command exists with the
following error:
>       0 [main] in.telnetd 1058 handle_exceptions: Exception:
STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION
>    3600 [main] in.telnetd 1058 stackdump: Dumping stack trace to
in.telnetd.exe.stackdump
>
> I'm running windows 2K professional.
>
> Anyone know what I missed?

Did you install the `login' package, too?
Did you create your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files with
the provided tools `mkpasswd' and `mkgroup'?
Did you take a look into that files if anything is as
needs it (home path, shell)?

Corinna

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