X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <447DF07D.5050905@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 15:37:33 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051223 Fedora/1.5-0.2.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5 Mnenhy/0.7.3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: problem with cygwin on Windows XP Pro SP2 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Ankush Grover wrote: > hey friends, > > I have installed cygwin 1.5.19-4 on a Windows XP Pro SP2 PC that is > part of a Network Domain.The problem is that one of the user is not > able to use cygwin. When this user clicks on the cygwin icon on the > desktop the following errors shows up: > > mkdir cannot create directory //fileserver no such host or network path > Copying skeleton files > These files are for the user to personalize their cygwin experience > These will never be overwritten. > > /usr/bin/install: cannot create directory '//fileserver': no such host > or network path > bash:cd: //fileserver/raju/:No such host or network path > bash://fileserver/raju/: .bash_profile: No such host or network path > > I don't know what is the reason for this user not able to access the > cygwin whereas other users are able to access cygwin on the same > desktop without any problem. Sounds to me like the user doesn't have permissions to access the network share. I'd start there. > Please let me know if you need any further inputs. Sure thing. Read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found at the link below if you need to follow-up on this issue with the list: > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/