From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com>
To: Cygwin List <cygwin@cygwin.com>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: fetchmail pops up console windows
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:21:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <496D11EB.8050704@cygwin.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090113220427.GA2344@KCJs-Computer>
Gary Johnson wrote:
> On 2009-01-13, Jason Tishler wrote:
>> Gary,
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:55:36AM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote:
>>> On 2009-01-13, Jason Tishler wrote:
>>>> FWIW, I don't have this problem when running fetchmail as a service.
>>> I saw that in an earlier post and tried to follow the instructions in
>>> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/fetchmail-6.3.9.README, but I get this result:
>>>
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>> $ cygrunsrv -S fetchmail
>>> cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: StartService: Win32 error 1069:
>>> The service did not start due to a logon failure.
>>>
>>> I have both cron and sshd running as services, so that much works,
>>> but they may be running as the system user (whatever it's called).
>>> I don't know how to diagnose this sort of failure.
>> Did you heed the following from the README?
>>
>> o the $USERDOMAIN\\$USERNAME account must have the "Log on as a
>> service" user right for Cygwin fetchmail to start as a NT service
>
> I heeded it in the sense that I read it and understood that it might
> be the problem. I did go searching in the Control Panel for likely
> utilities, but I couldn't find anything in User Accounts or anywhere
> else that would let me set user rights or that even told me what
> they were. I did not search Windows Help and Support. That sort of
> cluelessness was meant to be implicit in the statement, "I don't
> know how to diagnose this sort of failure," but I suppose I should
> have been more clear.
>
> So how does one set that right?
'/usr/share/csih/cygwin-service-installation-helper.sh' has this:
editrights -u "${user}" -t SeServiceLogonRight
Try that, substituting the appropriate user for your situation and
Windows version.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-01-13 22:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-22 14:38 Dr. Volker Zell
2008-02-22 15:03 ` Corinna Vinschen
2008-02-22 18:03 ` Christopher Faylor
2009-01-13 7:36 ` Gary Johnson
2009-01-13 15:10 ` Jason Tishler
2009-01-13 18:25 ` Gary Johnson
2009-01-13 19:51 ` Jason Tishler
2009-01-13 22:15 ` Gary Johnson
2009-01-13 22:21 ` Larry Hall (Cygwin) [this message]
2009-01-14 2:36 ` Gary Johnson
2009-01-14 16:55 ` Jason Tishler
2009-01-14 18:05 ` Gary Johnson
2009-01-14 18:31 ` Jason Tishler
2009-01-13 17:02 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]
2009-01-13 18:45 ` Dr. Volker Zell
2009-01-14 0:49 ` Gary Johnson
2009-01-14 1:37 ` Gary Johnson
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