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Re: cygwin telnetd/xinetd and non-cygwin Python: no interaction
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: "W. Borgert" <debacle at debian dot org>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 11:47:55 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: cygwin telnetd/xinetd and non-cygwin Python: no interaction
- References: <1089641837.40f29d6d8ea25@webmail.in-berlin.de>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, W. Borgert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I managed to telnet into my XP box using cygwin xinetd, but if I run
> Python (not the cygwin variant, but the stock www.python.org
> installer) I get no interaction at all. Running the same Python
> variant in the cygwin bash without telnet session, there is no
> problem. Is this a known limitation? Did I do something wrong? Do
> I have to tweak the CYGWIN variable? Many thanks in advance!
>
> Cheers, WB
A WAG: some Windows programs may require interaction with desktop, even
for non-graphical tasks. Check out the "-i" flag to cygrunsrv, or the
"Allow service to interact with desktop" checkbox in the Windows service
properties dialog.
Igor
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