Re: Best practice for running pgsql under cygwin?

2012-12-22 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Ryan Johnson! > On 22/12/2012 7:36 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Greetings, Ryan Johnson! >> >>> I'm trying to set up pgsql for classroom instruction, which means I need >>> to allow students to connect to my machine, preferably with no OS-level >>> privileges and minimal database privileg

Re: Best practice for running pgsql under cygwin?

2012-12-22 Thread bartels
On 12/22/2012 05:18 PM, Ryan Johnson wrote: However, we're going to do classroom demos at times, including one where we have fun with different isolation levels; I'll need multiple students logged into the same database so they can mess with each others' interactive transactions. Postgres ha

Re: python2.6 appears to be missing _md5 module?

2012-12-22 Thread Robert Pendell
On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Paul Fredrickson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:48 AM, marco atzeri wrote: >> On 12/20/2012 9:33 AM, Paul Fredrickson wrote: >>> >>> So, it appears there is a package dependency between python2.6 and >>> libopenssl098 that is missing, but most people who need

Re: Intermittent failures retrieving process exit codes - snapshot test requested

2012-12-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
gt;>> a consistent problem. >> >> Sorry, I take that back. I tried Xserver before backing out parts of the >> other change and never retried it. Marco is right. It's definitely broken. >> I've checked in a new change and am regenerating a snapshot. >> >> c

Re: Best practice for running pgsql under cygwin?

2012-12-22 Thread Ryan Johnson
On 22/12/2012 7:36 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, Ryan Johnson! I'm trying to set up pgsql for classroom instruction, which means I need to allow students to connect to my machine, preferably with no OS-level privileges and minimal database privileges. If your class is about setting up the

Re: trouble accessing samba shares with spaces and/or parentheses

2012-12-22 Thread bartels
On 12/22/2012 03:30 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: More importantly, is it possible to mount a network share, using cygwin, so that it becomes visible/available in explorer? >> Again, no mounting is required. Open up Windows Explorer and type in the UNC (\\\) and there you are! > It would be that

Re: trouble accessing samba shares with spaces and/or parentheses

2012-12-22 Thread bartels
On 12/22/2012 03:25 PM, Andrey Repin wrote: > No reason, really, other than the fact that Windoze forces us to access physical storage devices via the silly drive letters . What? Where did you get this impression? This is not true for 18 years at least. That is interesting. How do I use cyg

Re: Best practice for running pgsql under cygwin?

2012-12-22 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Ryan Johnson! > I'm trying to set up pgsql for classroom instruction, which means I need > to allow students to connect to my machine, preferably with no OS-level > privileges and minimal database privileges. If your class is about setting up the server, you should really use virtual

Re: trouble accessing samba shares with spaces and/or parentheses

2012-12-22 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, bartels! >> BTW: Why the insistence on mapping it to a drive letter? Everybody always >> does that and I don't understand why. Drive letters change. Some >> people hard code 'em in their scripts. This is a recipe for errors. Other >> people say sometimes that some Windows apps can't w

Re: trouble accessing samba shares with spaces and/or parentheses

2012-12-22 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Andrew DeFaria! > BTW: Why the insistence on mapping it to a drive letter? Everybody > always does that and I don't understand why. Drive letters change. Some > people hard code 'em in their scripts. This is a recipe for errors. > Other people say sometimes that some Windows apps can'

Re: trouble accessing samba shares with spaces and/or parentheses

2012-12-22 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, bartels! >> $ # \'s doubled because bash swallows them and net use requires them. >> $ net use \\share > Okay, I did not know the letter could be ommitted. >>> More importantly, is it possible to mount a network share, using cygwin, so >>> that it becomes visible/available in expl

Re: trouble accessing samba shares with spaces and/or parentheses

2012-12-22 Thread bartels
On 12/22/2012 12:27 AM, Andrew DeFaria wrote: Or you can just do $ # \'s doubled because bash swallows them and net use requires them. $ net use \\share Okay, I did not know the letter could be ommitted. More importantly, is it possible to mount a network share, using cygwin, so that it

Re: Intermittent failures retrieving process exit codes - snapshot test requested

2012-12-22 Thread marco atzeri
other change and never retried it. Marco is right. It's definitely broken. I've checked in a new change and am regenerating a snapshot. cgf glad to be useful 20121222 : Xserver works fine and the false loop does not stop. However lftp is still broken $ lftp lftp :~&g