X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: david AT adboyd DOT com (J. David Boyd) Subject: Re: when is using cygserver recommended? (thx) Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 08:46:59 -0400 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <20060408183735 DOT GA1477 AT trixie DOT casa DOT cgf DOT cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm 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 Christopher Faylor writes: > > Just to state the obvious again: cygserver has nothing to do with fork > -- superstitious assertions to the contrary not withstanding. > > cgf From the CYGSERVER Readme: ------------------------------ What is Cygserver? Cygserver is a program which is designed to run as a background service. It provides Cygwin applications with services which require security arbitration or which need to persist while no other cygwin application is running. The implemented services so far are: - Control slave tty/pty handle dispersal from tty owner to other processes without compromising the owner processes' security. ------------------------------ To me, this sounds like it controls the 'fork'ing of items, but I can't argue (too much), as I don't know for certain. Or, could it be that something we (us that have had the problem) call from our .bashrc or .profile might be calling something that bounces off the cygserver controlling mechanism? Dave -- 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/