Postinstal failure for xinit.sh

Postinstal failure for xinit.sh

[Angelo Graziosi]

For completenes, I want to flag that on Windows 7 U 64b and Cygwin32 
(but should be the same for Cygwin64) xinit.sh (postinstall) fails as 
follows (from setu.log.full):

[...]
2013/07/27 23:41:15 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile 
"/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh"
/usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory 
`/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start 
Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X': Permission denied
mkshortcut: Saving "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start 
Menu\Programs\Cygwin-X\XWin Server.lnk" failed; does the target 
directory exist?
2013/07/27 23:41:17 abnormal exit: exit code=3
...


Ciao,
Angelo.

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Re: Postinstal failure for xinit.sh

[Angelo Graziosi]

Il 28/07/2013 0.23, Angelo Graziosi ha scritto:
> For completenes, I want to flag that on Windows 7 U 64b and Cygwin32
> (but should be the same for Cygwin64) xinit.sh (postinstall) fails as
> follows (from setu.log.full):
>
> [...]
> 2013/07/27 23:41:15 running: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile
> "/etc/postinstall/xinit.sh"
> /usr/bin/mkdir: cannot create directory
> `/cygdrive/c/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start
> Menu/Programs/Cygwin-X': Permission denied
> mkshortcut: Saving "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start
> Menu\Programs\Cygwin-X\XWin Server.lnk" failed; does the target
> directory exist?
> 2013/07/27 23:41:17 abnormal exit: exit code=3
> ...


The cause was an UAC issue.

I am new to W7 (64) so I am trying to setup it as on XP (32). More 
precisely, I have chose the local Cygwin repository in 
$HOME/cygwin_repo, being $HOME the HOME of the administrator (angelo). 
And, after the first installation (in which I got the UAC request), I 
have put setup-x86[_64].exe in the local repo. Cygwin32 is installed in 
C:\cygwin while Cygwin64 is in C:\cygwin64. I use the same repo for both 
(they are separated in MIRROR/x86[_64])

So, to install/update packages, I do:

Start|Run

   C:\cygwin\home\angelo\cygwin_repo\setup-x86.exe       (Cygwin32)
   C:\cygwin\home\angelo\cygwin_repo\setup-x86_64.exe    (Cygwin64)

Now, starting setup-x86_64.exe asks me always the UAC confirmation, 
instead setup-x86.exe don't! It run without administrator permissions. 
And this causes the failure described in my OP.

The workaround has been to move setup-x86.exe in the parent directory, i.e.


   Start|Run

   C:\cygwin\home\angelo\setup-x86.exe

asks me the UAC confirmation, it really run as administrator.

What I don't understand is why moving setup-x86.exe in that way fixes 
the issue. I have also removed cygwin_repo and recreated but 
setup-x86.exe needs to stay above cygwin_repo... This regard only 
setup-x86.exe and not setup-x86_64.exe.. :(

>
> Ciao,
> Angelo.


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