Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <005501c186fc$d1dff300$928e1941@alleluja> From: "hongxun lee" To: "Gerrit P. Haase" Cc: "cygwin" References: <3C1D03B8 DOT B4ADB331 AT morganstanley DOT com> <116690832624 DOT 20011216222138 AT familiehaase DOT de> <001201c18683$60708870$928e1941 AT alleluja> <1651914653 DOT 20011217120752 AT familiehaase DOT de> Subject: Re: Newbie question Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:14:49 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Thank you Gerrit Give me some more light pls. I'm on win2k professional. I again ran 'iu-config' under /etc, and the response was (i didn't see the prompt if install inetd as a service) Administrator AT ALLELUJA /cygdrive/c/cygwin/etc $ iu-config Overwrite existing /etc/ftpusers file? (yes/no) yes Creating default /etc/ftpusers file Overwrite existing /etc/ftpwelcome file? (yes/no) yes Creating default /etc/ftpwelcome file Overwrite existing /etc/inetd.conf file? (yes/no) yes Creating default /etc/inetd.conf file Overwrite existing /etc/motd file? (yes/no) yes Creating default /etc/motd file Overwrite existing /etc/shells file? (yes/no) yes Creating default /etc/shells file Configuration finished. Have fun! Administrator AT ALLELUJA /cygdrive/c/cygwin/etc $ inetd --install-as-service bash: inetd: command not found Administrator AT ALLELUJA /cygdrive/c/cygwin/etc $ What do they really mean? I haven't installed 'inetd' yet or other required packages? > Start the inetd service, then: how to start it? (under which folder, and what command) > login now with your username and password. my windows usrname/passwd or something else? Regards ----- Original Message ----- > Hallo, > > 2001-12-17 12:03:22, du schriebst: > > > What i have done: > > under /etc, run 'iu-config' to generate some files. > > iu-config asks if you want to install inetd as a service. > If you said NO here you need to install it manually. > $ inetd --install-as-service > > > What to do next ?? > > inetutils..README says: login > > > but where? what should have been done before 'login'? > > Start the inetd service, then: > > $ telnet localhost > > login now with your username and password. > > BTW, which Windows are you on? > I don't know how it works on Win98, search the docs and archives please > for information about this if needed. > > Gerrit > -- > convey Information Systems GmbH http://www.convey.de/ > Vitalisstraße 326-328 > Gerrit P. Haase D-50933 Köln > gerrit DOT haase AT convey DOT de Fon: ++49 221 6903922 > > > -- 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/