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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] -- merging win-env vars into post-'login'-wiped-ENV


On Jan 16 01:43, Linda Walsh wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >On Jan 14 19:39, Linda Walsh wrote:
> >>Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >>
> >>>- When spawning a process under another user account, merge the user's
> >>> default Windows environment into the new process' environment.
> >>----
> >>
> >>	Will this affect using inetd to spawn rlogind => login.
> >
> >  https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-12/msg00013.html
> >  https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-12/msg00102.html
> >
> >
> >Corinna
> >
> ------
> Don't know why yet, but it does not work very well.
> [...]
> id put out 'mostly correct stuff'... Since my id's have the domain before
> the
> ID:
> uid=5013(Bliss\law) gid=201(Bliss\lawgroup)
> groups=201(Bliss\lawgroup),197626(Athenae+Netmon Users),197625(Athenae+pulse-access),197624(Athenae+pulse-rt),544(Administrators),555(Remote
> Desktop Users),545(Users),4(INTERACTIVE),66049(CONSOLE
> LOGON),11(Authenticated Users),15(This
> Organization),66048(LOCAL),260(Bliss\media),512(Bliss\Domain
> Admins),513(Bliss\Domain Users),517(Bliss\Cert Publishers),518(Bliss\Schema
> Admins),519(Bliss\Enterprise Admins),520(Bliss\Group Policy Creator
> Owners),1053(Bliss\Trusted Local Net Users),262154(NTLM
> Authentication),11612288(High Mandatory Level)
> 
> Prior to this, when I logged on using local credentials, I would have a
> blank hostname.  I.e. --
> using 'X11'  as an example, when I log in locally, I see no hostname in my
> shell-prompt.
> But when I log in to another system, then my path is prefixed with the
> hostname.
> 
> So... why did I need the local hostname with a "+"??

  Does https://cygwin.com/preliminary-ntsec.html answer that question?

> ---------------
> I have a feeling the X-server died because installing the test cygwin wiped
> out my share partition (on a local mount, but one that cygwin turns into a
> symlink and
> overwrites)...

A Cygwin install never wipes out /usr/share, except for files going to
be replaced.  Also, /usr/share is NOT created as symlink, but as
directory.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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