running cygwin setup via windows sshd

["Jason Pyeron" <jpyeron@pdinc.us>]

For anyone who likes to try:

Windows server 2019 x64
User: domain\jenkins$ is a gmsa

Here is my working SSH invocation, after adding my user to the local administrators - will update later to use --no-admin:

$ ssh oss-cygwin-jenkins-node -l 'jenkins$' -t 'c:\inst\setup-x86_64.exe -q -f -R c:\cygwin64 -l c:\inst -P libgcrypt-devel,asciidoc,cygport,gcc-g++,libpoppler-cpp-devel,libpcre-devel,dejagnu,texlive-collection-latex'
Starting cygwin install, version 2.908
User has backup/restore rights
Current Directory: c:\inst
root: c:\cygwin64 system
Selected local directory: c:\inst
net: Preconfig
site: https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/
solving: 8 tasks, update: yes, use test packages: no
solving: 0 tasks, update: no, use test packages: no
Augmented Transaction List: is empty
Changing gid back to original
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_texlive_prep.dash"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_update-info-dir.dash"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_adwaita-icon-theme.sh"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_desktop-file-utils.sh"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_fontconfig_cache_1.sh"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/zp_fontconfig_dtd.dash"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_glib2.0.sh"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_hicolor-icon-theme.sh"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/zp_man-db-update-index.dash"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/zp_shared-mime-info.sh"
running: c:\cygwin64\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/zp_texlive_finish.dash"
Ending cygwin install
Connection to oss-cygwin-jenkins-node closed.

$


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Pyeron
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2021 5:13 PM
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jon Turney
> > Sent: Monday, May 17, 2021 4:41 PM
> >
> > On 17/05/2021 20:59, Jason Pyeron wrote:
> > > When I run
> > >
> > > c:\inst\setup-x86_64.exe -q -f -R c:\cygwin64 -l c:\inst -P libgcrypt-
> > devel,asciidoc,cygport,gcc-g++,libpoppler-cpp-devel,libpcre-devel,dejagnu,texlive-
> > collection-latex
> > >
> > > or
> > >
> > > c:\inst\setup-x86_64.exe -qvW -f -R c:\cygwin64 -l c:\inst -P libgcrypt-
> > devel,asciidoc,cygport,gcc-g++,libpoppler-cpp-devel,libpcre-devel,dejagnu,texlive-
> > collection-latex
> > >
> > > the prompt returns immediately. This is causing problems when it is run from a
> (windows)
> > ssh session.
> >
> > --wait should be doing what you want.
> 
> -W is the same, no impact.
> 
> >
> > I recently discovered that if the invoking shell is PowerShell, then
> > because setup is a GUI application, PowerShell doesn't wait, so maybe
> > that's what's happening here...
> >
> 
> Fits my observations. https://superuser.com/questions/908664/have-the-command-prompt-
> launch-an-application-like-notepad-and-block-until-it-is helps.
> 
> start /b /wait c:\inst\setup-x86_64.exe -q -f -R c:\cygwin64 -l c:\inst -P libgcrypt-
> devel,asciidoc,cygport,gcc-g++,libpoppler-cpp-devel,libpcre-devel,dejagnu,texlive-
> collection-latex
> 
> from cmd.exe use start /b /wait
> 
> /B Start application without creating a new window. The application has ^C handling
> ignored. Unless the application enables ^C processing, ^Break is the only way to interrupt
> the application.
> 
> /WAIT Start application and wait for it to terminate.
> 
> My real issue was the user was not an admin - doh!