X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:09:01 -0500 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: /dev/console : permission denied Message-ID: <20051125200901.GA12445@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20051125164659 DOT GE8670 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 05:16:56PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote: >Christopher Faylor wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 02:24:53PM -0000, Dave Korn wrote: >>> Christopher McIntosh wrote: >>>> Consequently, I am back to the issue which I was first >>>> reporting/investigating: Why does init report open(/dev/console) : >>>> permission denied. >>> >>> strace might be able to tell you that. >>> >>>> SUMMARY: 1. 'cygcheck -s -v -r' causes an error when executed within a >>>> Cygwin shell (bash, sh, etc.); but is successful when executed within a >>>> CMD shell. >>> >>> Did you try removing 'tty' from $CYGWIN yet? >> >> I don't know about the cygcheck error but the /dev/console problem >> sounds like cygwin working as designed. From the description, it >> sounds like expected behavior to me. Something is trying open >> "/dev/console" when there is no console and is getting an error. >> >> Well, duh. > > Oh, you can't open it when there's not one bound? Fair enough. It's probably a conceptual difference between UNIX/Windows and what /dev/console means on each system. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/