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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 20:40:08 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>
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Subject: Re: AllocConsole in inetd [Was: Re: tcgetattr problem [Was Re: 
 1.3.22: bug report]]
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2003, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:

> At 04:29 PM 4/16/2003 +0400, Egor Duda wrote:
> >Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> >> While we (well, you) are at it, inetd.c calls AllocConsole, which can cause
> >> an extra window to appear. Is it needed? When I remove that call everything
> >> still looks OK
> >
> >http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-03/msg00764.html
>
> Thanks for the pointer, Egor.
>
> Here is the feedback I promised to Corinna:
>
> Without the AllocConsole in inetd.c, Windows programs such as net, ping
> and route run fine while being logged in on Win95/ME, and inetd does not
> open an extra window. So that call should be removed.
>
> On the other hand, "net" doesn't work on Win2000 under ssh when sshd is
> launched directly by cygrunsrv (and not through inetd). If this is
> confirmed, perhaps an AllocConsole should be added there.
>
> Pierre

Pierre,

Do you mean "with your patch"?  Because "net" works just fine with the
current (stock) ssh/sshd (and cygrunsrv) in Win2k.
	Igor
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