X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <61f6f4390603030530m53427d6am6243664ad7d45bb5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 08:30:56 -0500 From: "Jim Drash" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [Newbie] Trying to run MSWord from Cygwin In-Reply-To: <44083B2A.10701@bangor.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <4406EBCE DOT 3030304 AT bangor DOT ac DOT uk> <440796F9 DOT 3050307 AT cygwin DOT com> <44083B2A DOT 10701 AT bangor DOT ac DOT uk> X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id k23DVMha020130 By the way, there are much easier ways to convert MS Word Docs to pdfs. On 3/3/06, P.P.Hughes wrote: > Hi Larry, > > Thanks for taking the time to look at this. > > When I look at the Log On settings for this service, it's set to log in > as .\sshd_server user, not the Local System Account, therefore the > "Allow Service to Interact with desktop" option is not available. > > I'm told that this was recommended by the cygwin installation instructions. > > Regards, > Paul > > > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > P.P.Hughes wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> This is probably a silly question to most you, but here goes: > >> > >> I'm opening a ssh connection from a Linux box to our Windows Server > >> 2003 which then initiates a Cygwin terminal. I then try and run a vbs > >> script that opens Word to convert documents from Word to PostScript. > >> > >> In my vbs script, as soon as it reaches the following line: > >> > >> Set objWord = CreateObject("Word.Application") > >> > >> I receive the following error: > >> > >> C:\cygwin\home\iss05e\autoprint.vbs(6, 1) Microsoft VBScript runtime > >> error: Permission denied: 'CreateObject' > >> > >> The user 'iss05e' has Administrative privileges on the Windows machine. > >> > >> The script works fine if I log into the machine direct and run it > >> through the command prompt using "cscript autoprint.vbs". > >> > >> Is there some permissions setting I need to change to allow Cygwin to > >> run GUI applications? > > > > If you need to interact with the desktop, you need to enable the > > option on the service to allow this. Either do so from the Windows > > Control Panel->Administrator Tools->Services->RMB->Properties->Log On > > facility or uninstall the service and reinstall it with cygrunsrv and > > add the "-i" flag (or add this to the appropriate line in > > /bin/ssh-host-config and rerun this script). > > > > Also, be sure you log in with password authentication. Pub-key > > may also cause the permission denied message you got. > > > > > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Paul Hughes > Analyst / Programmer, > University of Wales, Bangor > Adeilad Deiniol, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UX > Tel: 01248 383894 > Fax: 0870 135 7057 > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > 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/ > > -- 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/