X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4588A926.9080305@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:08:22 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.8) Gecko/20061108 Fedora/1.5.0.8-1.fc4.remi Thunderbird/1.5.0.8 Mnenhy/0.7.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Cygwin and Windows Vista support References: <4588A644 DOT 7080408 AT gmail DOT com> In-Reply-To: <4588A644.7080408@gmail.com> 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-Id: 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 Carlo Florendo wrote: > Neeraj Garg (TRANSPORT) wrote: >> I am not sure if that was request for help or just a witty comment >> back. I am willing to help Cygwin dev get in touch with appropriate >> folks in Windows Vista team to resolve the issue. >> > > It was a witty comment and it really involves the windows kernel. In > any case, please do all you can so that your Vista team contacts read > this (c/o Corinna Vinschen) > > http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1020271&SiteID=1&mode=1 > > > > > > >> I know CreateProcess call should have worked. > > Yes, it should have, at least, in older windows versions. But vista has > had some sort of security elevation issues that causes process creation > problems. > >> I am not in that team to give you information on what has changed in >> Vista compared to XP. All I can say is that I would like to see the >> product fixed and am willing to offer help. >> >> PS: Some Vista users mentioned to me that Cygwin does not work and >> hence I am involved to make sure we can work together to make it work. >> >> If any dev would like to work with Vista dev team to get the product >> ready soon, please let me know. >> >> Neeraj >> > > > There have been discussions lately, precisely on process spawning on > Cygwin. It appears to be a serious "security" bug on Vista. For > details, read the thread started by Corinna Vinschen (senior cygwin > developer) on: > > http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2006-12/msg00518.html > > Thank you very much. > > Best Regards, > > Carlo > Also worth noting: -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/