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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:19:42 -0400
To: Rajiv Chopra <rajiv DOT chopra AT sw DOT ca>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Setting up cygwin so other users can run processes on my computer
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At 11:10 AM 6/25/2004, you wrote:
>I'm a bit of a novice to cygwin, but after installing it on my PC, I was very 
>pleased with the ability to compile my C++ code with g++ and get faster runtimes 
>than on our SUN servers at work.
>
>What I would like to do is enable another colleague to run processes on my 
>computer.  Is it possible to set up Cygwin such that he can telnet to my machine 
>and run a process?


Sure.  Install the inetutils package.  But you'd be better off with openssh
in terms of security.  Don't forget to read the Cygwin READMEs in 
/usr/share/doc/Cygwin.



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