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:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=pLhdb3IYgrSQZzWz gC8HJ80Yrg5zHGDxAmuJEkpQzYQhazo6ECZgZ+trobRD5vb9U5hq+thercdzEiVy +H99+d4jYk6Yjf5NzZIIFIl/Rhbr3ZCXIdxBZbIp9FUwqyynJFxMyKHipIqShkgX iDwLKu+RHpYOFB4lo30AtdSVVec= 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:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :mime-version:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=pU9nha+qlKATOzE2fz3y+k O4jIw=; b=uq88mpLE73vZ3fJfLRqMg7MbqzmM2P6NkyBTfGi5v2wqsxlPv1fU6i gigjizF9OrJ45M8mTdiNdVGtAinYZmYJlZbiY4S6NeFERJ/kxgHIHX5dIL6R9HWG +VbckzgdptOqLN+eBaNOr/PnAoiiVpr0e4eJqpRZuVfDFVv7u4SI0= 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-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=H*u:5.1, Computer, talk, HX-Get-Message-Sender-Via:sk:authent X-HELO: ecbiz204.inmotionhosting.com Subject: Re: is it normal for bash.exe, sh.exe, and uname.exe to IPC with svchost.exe To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <874l7piedv DOT fsf AT Rainer DOT invalid> From: LMH Message-ID: <9b3379f1-7b1c-7665-fd11-abbe7724371d@molconn.com> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 16:41:55 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:49.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/49.0 SeaMonkey/2.46 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <874l7piedv.fsf@Rainer.invalid> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Achim Gratz wrote: > LMH writes: >> Is there some reason I should be expecting these processes to talk to >> svchost.exe? > > If your machine is in a domain they will contact the DC to get user and > group information via standard Windows facilities. > > > Regards, > Achim. > As far as I know this computer is not part of a domain. Under System Properties > Computer Name, the Workgroup is listed a WORKGROUP and not a domain name. The full computer name is just the CPU model. LMH -- 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