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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:12:59 -0500
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Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2009-01-13, Jason Tishler wrote:
>> Gary,
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:55:36AM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote:
>>> On 2009-01-13, Jason Tishler wrote:
>>>> FWIW, I don't have this problem when running fetchmail as a service.
>>> I saw that in an earlier post and tried to follow the instructions in
>>> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/fetchmail-6.3.9.README, but I get this result:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>     $ cygrunsrv -S fetchmail
>>>     cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: StartService:  Win32 error 1069:
>>>     The service did not start due to a logon failure.
>>>
>>> I have both cron and sshd running as services, so that much works,
>>> but they may be running as the system user (whatever it's called).
>>> I don't know how to diagnose this sort of failure.
>> Did you heed the following from the README?
>>
>>     o the $USERDOMAIN\\$USERNAME account must have the "Log on as a
>>       service" user right for Cygwin fetchmail to start as a NT service
> 
> I heeded it in the sense that I read it and understood that it might
> be the problem.  I did go searching in the Control Panel for likely
> utilities, but I couldn't find anything in User Accounts or anywhere
> else that would let me set user rights or that even told me what
> they were.  I did not search Windows Help and Support.  That sort of
> cluelessness was meant to be implicit in the statement, "I don't
> know how to diagnose this sort of failure," but I suppose I should
> have been more clear.
> 
> So how does one set that right?

'/usr/share/csih/cygwin-service-installation-helper.sh' has this:

editrights -u "${user}" -t SeServiceLogonRight

Try that, substituting the appropriate user for your situation and
Windows version.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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