From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5225 invoked by alias); 13 Jan 2009 22:15:12 -0000 Received: (qmail 5217 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Jan 2009 22:15:12 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.prospeed.net (HELO mail.prospeed.net) (64.25.80.140) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:14:19 +0000 Received: from localhost.localdomain (lhall.prospeed.net [64.25.83.123]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.prospeed.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D608280173CF for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:14:17 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <496D11EB.8050704@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:21:00 -0000 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.19) Gecko/20090101 Remi/2.0.0.19-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.19 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cygwin List , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: fetchmail pops up console windows References: <7zejb5f93k.fsf@vzell-de.de.oracle.com> <20090113072308.GF2424@KCJs-Computer> <20090113143134.GA4352@tishler.net> <20090113175536.GA3488@KCJs-Computer> <20090113190614.GA7028@tishler.net> <20090113220427.GA2344@KCJs-Computer> In-Reply-To: <20090113220427.GA2344@KCJs-Computer> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2009-01/txt/msg00393.txt.bz2 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. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/