Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created

Hello, i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell, a folder called %USERPROFILE% is created in the base directory of the pc's harddisk. I found out that if i s

Re: access to event log of windows

Hello, is there a way to read/write from/to the event log of windows ? syslog and vsyslog are implemented in Cygwin. On NT they use the event log system. You're right. But i think with syslog i can only write to the log. What i also need is to read from it :-) In other words: i'd like to scan NT e

Re: OpenSSH disconnects when Windows user logging out

Hello. when using an secureshell on an Windows-Box, running cygwin and openssh, i receive an disconnect when the Windows user just loggs off (no shutdown nor restart !). I just tried the same. My remote session didn't disconnect when the local user logged off. That's strange. I see an errormessag

Re: "regtool 1.8" on "cygwin 1.5.10": Recursively remove registry keys

it seems that regtool cannot remove keys in registry if it's "not empty". I have to remove all subkeys/values first, otherwise i get an "Error (5) access denied". Is this true, or is there a way to remove whole "trees" from the registry ? AFAICS, regtool has no "recursive" option. Patches welcome.

Re: OpenSSH disconnects when Windows user logging out

Hello when using an secureshell on an Windows-Box, running cygwin and openssh, i receive an disconnect when the Windows user just loggs off (no shutdown nor restart !). I just tried the same. My remote session didn't disconnect when the local user logged off. That's strange. I see an errormessage

"regtool 1.8" on "cygwin 1.5.10": Recursively remove registry keys

Hello, it seems that regtool cannot remove keys in registry if it's "not empty". I have to remove all subkeys/values first, otherwise i get an "Error (5) access denied". Is this true, or is there a way to remove whole "trees" from the registry ? Oliver Geisen ---

OpenSSH disconnects when Windows user logging out

Hello, when using an secureshell on an Windows-Box, running cygwin and openssh, i receive an disconnect when the Windows user just loggs off (no shutdown nor restart !). The sshd service will never get stopped. I can reconncet without a noticeable delay. Any ideas? Regards, Oliver Geisen --