On 8/13/10 10:13 AM, Steven Collins wrote: > I'm attempting to execute "net use" from the bash command prompt in an > xterm session that was started via the "XWin Server" menu item. The > 'ps' command lists the TTY as "con", so I wouldn't expect to be using > a pty. Am I? If so, is there a work around for the problem? I have > noticed that even if I start a cmd session from cygwin that the > problem persists.
Anything that's not a real Windows console window is a pty as far as Cygwin is concerned, and a plain pipe as far as win32 is concerned. Starting a cmd doesn't fix the issue because that cmd is still talking to what it sees as a pipe. You can just start a new console window for "net use" with cygstart; I believe specifying the password on the command line should be fine. Another option is trying the conin program, which uses black magic to give a program a real console for input. -- 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
