X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <467FFFE2.20803@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:48:18 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Reloaded Win XP, now need to reload cygwin - sorta References: <200706251739 DOT l5PHdO210317 AT mrvideo DOT vidiot DOT com> In-Reply-To: <200706251739.l5PHdO210317@mrvideo.vidiot.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; 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 Vidiot wrote: > I GOT IT WORKING!!!!! > > The clues that got me thinking were the login problems with cron-config > and the manual timer setup problems with TSReader. Both complained about > not being able to complete, because of login problems. > > So, I set up the system in classic login mode and sure enough, I couldn't > log in. Somehow, someway, I got set with no password. Once I set it, > cron-config worked and cron started my job and the program didn't hang. > > It had to be installed running as me, not privledged user. > > After all this, it would be real helpful to others to update the User Doc > so that there is a section on how to start services like cron and ssh, > to name a couple. Even the FAQ should have entries about it. Right now > neither contain anything at all on how to start these things and they > definately do not start like they would under Unix/Linux. Both 'cron' and 'ssh' have config scripts that handle installing and starting the service for you, if you let them. They are documented in their README files in '/usr/share/doc/Cygwin'. 'cygrunsrv --help' gives you an overview of the command and it's available options. -- 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/