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Date: Thu, 08 May 2003 16:09:00 -0000
From: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: pthread_signal() references illegal memory address
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In-Reply-To: <1052391117.6139.1146.camel@rufus>; from kern@sibbald.com on Thu, May 08, 2003 at 12:51:58PM +0200
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On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 12:51:58PM +0200, Kern Sibbald wrote:
> > > > Did you try running the program from the command line in a
> > > > LocalSystem-owned shell?
> > >
> > > I ran it in an rxvt shell under my id and it does not crash.
> > > Tell me how to get a LocalSystem owned shell and I will try
> > > it.  This is XP Home, so I don't have access to a lot of the
> > > XP security dialogs.
> > 
> > "at <time> /interactive c:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe -i --login"
> > (<time> should be current time however long you're willing to wait, at
> > least one minute).  "at /?" for help.
> > [Note, this works on Win2k, don't know about XP Home].
> 
> Yes, your trick works on WinXP Home too. So much for Windows
> security!

In case anyone is interested, I was working on a friend's XP Home PC
and tried this with the low-priviledge "Guest" account, but any
'at' command just gave 'Access is denied'. :(
Normal accounts work fine. 

Not a suprise, but could be useful information. 

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