X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=dY+D582CjLvZCkae3mfL66LyIErLY+Te2CUFR6PVUm1 7XwX27yZNP1jdF9s6ZEpiITEhonZRSZUIQo6mojDGvUJdtNFxG3QYUvB76Q2wB30 Xj2HvwtEz6laCiPQOr7dcVTOiEaFCt8iEosGDVdniiRfjvssu+/3l1GKUuoD91HQ = DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=Cnl0tSwL3ViDj5nsotJEiIh3Mp4=; b=s6VF/csB2b8voaxpB qF9qrfUqqV67jwaigb6gxkxJoUBcXz08IazuewEAcrSLE+1jedkSRSXlCKs2eaka bRswq95t0ikumYi7QBnMoB1CwDE8mImo8mtAmEV89RZmn0R12TmjWjjIiFgaO4Je RuWDfwYRNpaYIFayNWCsN8daWA= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-ig0-f170.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=XZ7rRgm8h2bNxowGy6cd4FXuBQqb3VC+OZE9WCuccE8=; b=Ua32/0pjk0Rt+TGfAHXC03/+c+sNLHjkM9qMHZAj00I86APQMTCH4Lm4Z7Ok8gJm8h pAJyF33v9E2yVseW7OGA5ZITdys3iBPEZYVF6JonzGbSOjgZLFdZAhzvnzkCukcb6lLN k6hsdyQ/IiJixWOjqz8iIeNjogMarqiGTX1r1PE9hrY/zyVg9HWoYhbREguzt7eaA5A5 3BgKQB9alYCpap4Qiu6gMN2lc91RWFDcrkvUkWCTgJY4m3rCJscWqzz9CrrlPy8w3g5Q YV6zh9Ki1Mx18cRWhBbb9CDHJXdhUEwvnhOylQzz1+QC7b7U2IvsZ5JapPSIs6wpzYu2 Q7IQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkFTbWMEr0lvWKezPljTuSttBu0BBHYq8f4alLKvUFrL95YQiRiYeFqiOIhoqOweUhww0Ky X-Received: by 10.50.154.73 with SMTP id vm9mr22415812igb.14.1399731105111; Sat, 10 May 2014 07:11:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <536E339A.6030200@breisch.org> Date: Sat, 10 May 2014 10:11:38 -0400 From: "Chris J. Breisch" User-Agent: Postbox 3.0.9 (Windows/20140128) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Baffled: is it Cygwin (64-bits) or Windows that causes the invocation of regedit (from bash) to fail? References: <849f1f5420ebf77d7a591d6c9b6bfa4b DOT squirrel AT webmail DOT xs4all DOT nl> In-Reply-To: <849f1f5420ebf77d7a591d6c9b6bfa4b.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Houder wrote: > Hi, > > At my place I have installed both versions of Cygwin (i.e. 32-bits and 64-bits) -- of course, > in different places. As "some" of you will have the "same" setup, I would like you to confirm > the following (UNexpected, to me) result: > > - I canNOT invoke regedit from 64-bits bash (Yes, I can if bash has been invoked in ELEVATED mode) > - I can invoke regedit from 64-bits bash (not elevated) as follows: cygstart regedit > - however, I can invoke regedit from 32-bits bash (not elevated) ... > - likewise, I can invoke regedit from 64-bits cmd (not elevated) ... > > By UNexpected result I mean: I cannot explain why I canNOT invoke regedit from 64-bits bash ... [snip] > E:\Cygwin64\bin\bash: /drv/c/WINDOWS/regedit: Permission denied I can not duplicate your behavior. I can not invoke regedit from any non-elevated bash prompt, regardless of whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit. I get the above error in both cases. -- Chris J. Breisch -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple