WinXP + cygwin + sshd

Hello. I'm trying to configure two WinXP Pro machines to communicate via ssh with one another. I've downloaded, installed and configured the latest Cygwin on both. So, Machine A is running sshd. Machine B uses ssh to connect to Machine A. I have no problems connecting. Where I am experiencing t

Re: Error using cygstart command with option arguments: "cygstart: bad argument"

--- Igor Pechtchanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted. > > On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Peter Farley wrote: > > Peter, beware that the need for quoting isn't just > for spaces, but for any shell and cmd > metacharacters (they are different). So, for > example, any use of '^

[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated Cygwin Package: rebase-2.4.1-1

New News: === I have updated the version of rebase to 2.4.1-1. The tarballs should be available on a Cygwin mirror near you shortly. The notable changes (all to rebaseall) since the previous release are: * Change the "only ash processes are running" check to support 9X/Me. * Add set

Re: autoconf problem on cygwin

At 06:01 PM 7/22/2005, you wrote: >On Fri, 2005-07-22 at 17:41 -0400, Larry Hall wrote: >> At 05:17 PM 7/22/2005, you wrote: >> >I was asked by some coworkers to investigate upgrading out internal >> >cygwin distribution to the lastest distribution. So this morning I >> >downloaded the latest cygw

Re: python 2.4.1 crash with cyggdbm under windows 98. (and rebaseall issue)

John, On Sat, Jul 23, 2005 at 02:30:54PM -0400, John P. Rouillard wrote: > I am experiencing a crash/segfault with python while running the > roundup 0.8.4 demo (roundup.sourceforge.net). I am using windows > 98SE. Googiling the cygwin.com mailing list didn't turn up any hits. Unfortunately, you

Re: Error using cygstart command with option arguments: "cygstart: bad argument"

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 According to Brian Dessent on 7/23/2005 2:24 PM: >> >>$ cygstart bash -c echo Hi There >>cygstart: bad argument -c: unknown option > > The problem that you are running into is that you need to tell cygstart > that the -c and following arguments are me

Re: Error using cygstart command with option arguments: "cygstart: bad argument"

Ugh, top-posting. Reformatted. On Sat, 23 Jul 2005, Peter Farley wrote: > --- Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: . Thanks. > > Peter Farley wrote: > > > > > I tried to use cygstart to execute bash with the > > > "-c" option to execute a command

Re: Error using cygstart command with option arguments: "cygstart: bad argument"

Thank you Brian, I will try both of those. Fortunately none of the aruments I may need to use for the real application will contain spaces, but it is good advice that I will remember nonetheless. Peter --- Brian Dessent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Farley wrote: > > > I tried to use cygs

Re: Error using cygstart command with option arguments: "cygstart: bad argument"

Peter Farley wrote: > I tried to use cygstart to execute bash with the "-c" > option to execute a command and then terminate. > Here's what I get: > > $ cygstart bash -c echo Hi There > cygstart: bad argument -c: unknown option The problem that you are running into is that you need to tell cygst

Error using cygstart command with option arguments: "cygstart: bad argument"

Hi all, I tried to use cygstart to execute bash with the "-c" option to execute a command and then terminate. Here's what I get: $ cygstart bash -c echo Hi There cygstart: bad argument -c: unknown option $ cygstart bash -c "echo Hi There" cygstart: bad argument -c: unknown option $ cygstart bash

Re: getting sshd to log to /var/log/sshd.log (Attn: FAQ maintainer)

On 7/22/05, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > Perhaps it would have helped if the "Where's the documentation" FAQ entry > mentioned /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/package_name.README first, and then > referred the users to /usr/share/doc/package_name. I can do that. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/m

python 2.4.1 crash with cyggdbm under windows 98. (and rebaseall issue)

Hi all: I am experiencing a crash/segfault with python while running the roundup 0.8.4 demo (roundup.sourceforge.net). I am using windows 98SE. Googiling the cygwin.com mailing list didn't turn up any hits. I have run rebaseall to get around the first series of error messages dealing with fork pr

Re: How to run subversion in Cygwin?

Nguyen Kim Thang wrote: svn co svn+ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/saul/plclub1/svnroot/harmony4 Isnt there a colon too much. Try: svn co svn+ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/mnt/saul/plclub1/svnroot/harmony4 The colon between "edu" and "/mnt" is correct. No, it is not. It is the cause of your problems

Re: Known issues with Pthreads in 1.5.18?

Doug, On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 01:11:52PM -0400, Doug Philips wrote: > >> From: "Dave Korn" > >> in particular the line that says > >> > >> "cgf: Change default value for PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT to > >> PTHREAD_NORMAL." > > Unfortunately that seems to have borked Python 2.4. I found that out > the

Re: How to run subversion in Cygwin?

Nguyen Kim Thang skrev: >> > svn co >> svn+ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/saul/plclub1/svnroot/harmony4 >> Isnt there a colon too much. Try: >> svn co svn+ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/mnt/saul/plclub1/svnroot/harmony4 >> > The colon between "edu" and "/mnt" is correct. Actually, I don't have > any troub

Re: How to run subversion in Cygwin?

> > svn co svn+ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/mnt/saul/plclub1/svnroot/harmony4 > Isnt there a colon too much. Try: > svn co svn+ssh://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/mnt/saul/plclub1/svnroot/harmony4 > The colon between "edu" and "/mnt" is correct. Actually, I don't have any trouble when I use this command in Linux

Re: How does one set aliases for Cygwin for XP Prof Windows?

* Patrick Sullivan (2005-07-22 22:50 +0100) > I looked around and couldn't find out (from user guide or FAQs) how to > set my own alias settings for Cygwin. Cygwin doesn't have aliases. > I have Cywin installed on my PC (running Windows XP Professional). > There has to be a file somewhere, where

Re: Fetchmail/procmail problem after upgrading

Pete, On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 05:03:55PM -0400, Jason Tishler wrote: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 01:40:27PM -0500, Pete McCann wrote: > > $ fetchmail > > 28 messages for mccap at example.lucent.com. > > reading message [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1 of 28 (2466 header > > octets) (2063 body octets) fetchmail:

Re: How does one set aliases for Cygwin for XP Prof Windows?

"Patrick Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, > > I looked around and couldn't find out (from user guide or FAQs) how to > set my own alias settings for Cygwin. > > I have Cywin installed on my PC (running Windows XP Professional). > There has to be a file somewhere, where I can add the ali