On Nov  5 22:38, Habermann, David (D) wrote:
> >> I just released a 5th TEST version of the next upcoming Cygwin release,
> >> 1.7.33-0.5.
> 
> > Ever since using this 1.7.33-0.x series (currently running 1.7.33-0.5) 
> > I've been having intermittent trouble with one of my scripts, and just 
> > finally got around to digging further today.  This is an expect script 
> 
> It would appear, after a bit more digging, that this problem is
> related to some timeout issues.  Most of the time the ssh login goes
> rapidly, but occasionally it takes quite a lot longer triggering the
> expect default timeout.  When setting the timeout substantially
> longer, the reliability goes up substantially.

Such phases wher checking for an account takes a bit longer just happen.
I don't see that Cygwin has this really under control.  Local caching
should alleviate this somewhat.


Corinna

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