Thank you for the replies. >>> The following command used to allow me to change the hostname of a Windows >>> machine: >>> >>> wmic computersystem where name=\"$COMPUTERNAME\" call rename name=newname >>> >>> With new installs of Cygwin this seems to have stopped working... > >> OK maybe I'm just missing something but what part of the above uses Cygwin? > > Shell prompt. > The user were able to execute specific command with previous versions of > Cygwin1.dll, but unable now.
Yes, exactly. The goal is to be able to SSH to the machine and run the command but the same error occurs when running from a local Cygwin terminal. > @Wedge, there was some changes around handling '=', which is SUDDENLY > considered a separator character (that is, on par with space) for CMD.exe > batch files parameters. > I can't recall the exact dates, sorry. Ok, that being the case what do I need to do to make the command execute properly? Escaping? Quotes somewhere? I'm at a bit of a loss. > Also, is the escaping of quotation marks around computer name necessary? > Try without them. Seems to be necessary. I get the following error when executing without quotes and with un-escaped quotes. Even if I hard-code the current hostname rather than using the $COMPUTERNAME variable. ERROR: Description = Invalid query -Jarrad -- 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
