Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Message-ID: <50A89B19AEAAD411B9D200A0C9FB5699E88E96@craius.cportcorp.com>
From: Peter Buckley <peter DOT buckley AT cportcorp DOT com>
To: "'Wayne Willcox'" <wayne AT reliant DOT immure DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: question on installations
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:52:05 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21)
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="iso-8859-1"

I don't know if the developers would 
recommend this, but it may be possible
to have the cygwin installation on a 
network share, and place it in each user's 
path. Then each user would need the proper 
environment variables set, specifically 
path would have to point to //share/cygwin/bin. 

You may also need a CYGWIN variable set for 
each user. 

You can set these variables on each machine, 
(they are NT, right?) or use a login script. 

I don't know what effects this would have on 
things like the cygdrive mounts.

We use cygwin under clearcase, and when a 
developer starts a view, they run a script 
that sets a slew of environment variables. 
Then they can use the "make.exe" and other 
simple unix commands from NT. 

This isn't the same as having it installed 
on a network share, so YMMV. 

Keep in mind that this may not be an intended 
goal of cygwin (I can't speak for the developers), 
so you might get zero help 
from the developers, and your topic might get 
"moderated" off the list. 

HTH,
Peter


-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Willcox [mailto:wayne AT reliant DOT knighthammer DOT com]
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 5:15 PM
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: question on installations


	I have installed a number of systems using cygwin and would now like
to have an NT server with the latest cygwin installation and then
share that to my other winos systems.  I have looked in the faq and
the documentation and did not find anything about doing this.
It looks like there is a number of registry entrys that are specific
to the install location.
	The reason I need this I don't want to have to install a copy of
cygwin on every system.  A large number of people are going to be
using tools that I wrote and I don't want them to have to install
cygwin to use them if possible.
thanks

-- 
Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ...
Wayne Willcox                          I will not eat green eggs and ham
wayne AT reliant DOT immure DOT com                     I will not eat them Sam I Am!!
A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion.
                -- Chinese proverb

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/