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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
Subject: Re: CRON problems
Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 10:22:16 -0700
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Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Fri, 7 May 2004, Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>
>> Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 7 May 2004, Brian Dessent wrote:
>>>
>>>> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> # Install cron service:
>>>>> cygrunsrv -I cron -p /usr/sbin/cron -a -D -d "Cygwin cron" -e 
>>>>> "MAILTO=$USER AT Salira DOT com" -e "CYGWIN=ntsec"
>>>>
>>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>> As an aside, hasn't 'ntsec' been enabled by default for a long time
>>>> now? Or am I just remembering incorrectly?
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>
>>> You are remembering correctly -- "ntsec" was enabled by default back
>>> in the 1.3.* days. That makes the above redundant but harmless. Having
>>> "ntsec" in your $CYGWIN also serves as reminder/documentation for the
>>> actual option values (even if they are the default).
>>
>> CYGWIN=ntsec is not the default for inetd --install-as-service. Perhaps
>> it should be...
>
>
> Huh? Do you mean "inetd --install-as-service" actually puts "nontsec" in
> $CYGWIN? Otherwise, if "ntsec" is not specified, it's on (which is what
> Brian said, too).

Actually I guess you are right - but I have not tested it. Back when I 
first started dealing with inetd and using --install-as-service ntsec 
was not the default.

In any event, some people might want to have not only ntsec but also 
smbntsec set in the CYGWIN environement variable for things like services.
-- 
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