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Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:47:55 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: "W. Borgert" <debacle AT debian DOT org>
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Subject: Re: cygwin telnetd/xinetd and non-cygwin Python: no interaction
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On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, W. Borgert wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I managed to telnet into my XP box using cygwin xinetd, but if I run
> Python (not the cygwin variant, but the stock www.python.org
> installer) I get no interaction at all.  Running the same Python
> variant in the cygwin bash without telnet session, there is no
> problem.  Is this a known limitation?  Did I do something wrong?  Do
> I have to tweak the CYGWIN variable?  Many thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers, WB

A WAG: some Windows programs may require interaction with desktop, even
for non-graphical tasks.  Check out the "-i" flag to cygrunsrv, or the
"Allow service to interact with desktop" checkbox in the Windows service
properties dialog.
	Igor
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