* Home directory was not created @ 2021-03-01 15:33 KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-01 17:37 ` Brian Inglis 2021-03-02 17:27 ` Adam Dinwoodie 0 siblings, 2 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-01 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin Dear all, Something went wrong to my Cygwin installation update (update is performed by removing everything and installing again the new version). The home directory of my user was not created, when you run Cygwin for the first time. When I start Cygwin it defaults to the evil C:\Windows\System32!?!? -bash-4.4$ pwd /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32 -bash-4.4$ cd -bash: cd: /home/kavalpa: No such file or directory -bash-4.4$ How this can be fixed in proper way, without causing any permission issues. Kind regards, Panos Kavalagios Application Architect CONSULIAT (under contract with the EEAS) BA.BS.3.IS Office: EEAS B100 Floor 5 Area 048 Rue Belliard 100, 1000 Brussels Phone: +32 2 584 6017 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Home directory was not created 2021-03-01 15:33 Home directory was not created KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-01 17:37 ` Brian Inglis [not found] ` <24934718098a4d26a65b68ef62f3b46e@BELBRU-EXMP101.eeas.europa.eu> 2021-03-02 17:27 ` Adam Dinwoodie 1 sibling, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: Brian Inglis @ 2021-03-01 17:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin On 2021-03-01 08:33, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > Something went wrong to my Cygwin installation update (update is performed > by removing everything and installing again the new version). The home > directory of my user was not created, when you run Cygwin for the first time. > When I start Cygwin it defaults to the evil C:\Windows\System32!?!? > -bash-4.4$ pwd > /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32 > -bash-4.4$ cd > -bash: cd: /home/kavalpa: No such file or directory > -bash-4.4$ > How this can be fixed in proper way, without causing any permission issues. By figuring out what went wrong during setup. Please respond attaching /var/log/setup.log.full and terminal or console log if possible. Otherwise just run setup-x86/_64 [-g] to upgrade without wiping everything to avoid such problems. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
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* Re: Home directory was not created [not found] ` <24934718098a4d26a65b68ef62f3b46e@BELBRU-EXMP101.eeas.europa.eu> @ 2021-03-02 18:56 ` Brian Inglis 2021-03-03 11:22 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 0 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: Brian Inglis @ 2021-03-02 18:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) > Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: RE: Home directory was not created > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: On Behalf Of Brian Inglis >> Sent: 01 March 2021 18:38 >> >> On 2021-03-01 08:33, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >>> Something went wrong to my Cygwin installation update (update is >>> performed by removing everything and installing again the new >>> version). The home directory of my user was not created, when you >>> run >> Cygwin for the first time. >>> When I start Cygwin it defaults to the evil C:\Windows\System32!?!? >>> -bash-4.4$ pwd >>> /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32 >>> -bash-4.4$ cd >>> -bash: cd: /home/kavalpa: No such file or directory -bash-4.4$ How >>> this can be fixed in proper way, without causing any permission issues. >> >> By figuring out what went wrong during setup. >> Please respond attaching /var/log/setup.log.full and terminal or >> console log if possible. >> >> Otherwise just run setup-x86/_64 [-g] to upgrade without wiping >> everything to avoid such problems. > > The log is attached. I couldn't see any error except for the libgpg-error0 package that matches the "error" search term :) > > The home directory is created afterwards anyway at the first Cygwin execution, if it does not exist. Are you sure it is an installation error? I would rather avoid re-installing and fix the issue by creating the conditions and force Cygwin to create the home directory. > [Hi Brian, I apologise for this personal e-mail. I have tried to send it twice to the list to no avail. It's not HTML and it does not appear to list's mail archive either. I have no idea what is going wrong.] > zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think All postinstall steps failed because of BLODA or installation path: 2021/02/09 17:48:06 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\dash.exe "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" 0 [main] dash (2296) shared_info::initialize: size of shared memory region changed from 49080 to 40888 2021/02/09 17:48:20 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 ... Installing under Program\ Files causes issues because of space in path names and BLODA-like AV protections on those paths. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* RE: Home directory was not created 2021-03-02 18:56 ` Brian Inglis @ 2021-03-03 11:22 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-03 11:55 ` Andrey Repin ` (3 more replies) 0 siblings, 4 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-03 11:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin > -----Original Message----- > From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis > Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57 > > On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) > > Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 > > > zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think OK, the mystery has been resolved. There should be at least an e-mail notification to indicate that limitation. It is not polite for the list to simply ignore the submissions without saying anything :) > All postinstall steps failed because of BLODA or installation path: > > 2021/02/09 17:48:06 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\dash.exe > "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" > 0 [main] dash (2296) shared_info::initialize: size of shared memory region > changed from 49080 to 40888 > 2021/02/09 17:48:20 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 ... > > Installing under Program\ Files causes issues because of space in path names > and BLODA-like AV protections on those paths. The installation is performed by powershell script that runs with the super admin (system user/nt authority) from local repository that normally bypasses all those kind of AV restrictions. I start it from the Cygwin icon that runs mintty under the hood. I don't know who took those 8KB from the script's shared memory, but indeed it looks like a BLODA interference. I will ask the package to be re-installed. I have checked the installation logs and there was no error returned from the setup program. Shouldn't return non-zero value so that the package manager is notified about that issue? Or maybe it Is returned and I failed to propagate that in my .bat file: --------- @echo off @echo Starting Cygwin installation "%cd%\setup-x86_64.exe" -q -A -L -l "%cd%\cygwin-repo" -R "C:\Program Files\Cygwin" -P autoconf,automake,bash-completion,binutils,curl,dos2unix,emacs,git,git-svn,gnupg2,inetutils,jq,konsole,mc,openssh,patchutils,perl,psmisc,python2,python3,rsync,ruby,subversion,tcsh,tmux,unzip,vim,vim-common,wget,xinit,xlaunch,xorg-server,xorg-server-common,xorg-server-xorg,xorg-x11-fonts-dpi100,xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75,xorg-x11-fonts-Type1,xorg-x11-fonts-misc,xterm,zip --------- Does it need "exit /b %errorlevel%"? We are running Cygwin from "C:\Program Files" for years without issue. A space in the directory name is a very supported character for Unix and Unix-like systems as well. A quoted path that includes a space character is enough to resolve any possible issues. Unfortunately on an enterprise environment, program execution is only allowed under "C:\Program Files", so we haven't left many options. We do have prepared another directory without spaces for programs that even refuse to be installed on a path containing spaces (call me Weblogic and ColdFusion servers), but Cygwin accepts happily to be installed on a directory with spaces with a small warning. I would need to justify the non-compliance of Cygwin to be moved off "C:\Program Files" and so far I don't have any evidence. Panos Application Architect CONSULIAT (under contract with the EEAS) BA.BS.3.IS Office: EEAS B100 Floor 5 Area 048 Rue Belliard 100, 1000 Brussels Phone: +32 2 584 6017 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 11:22 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-03 11:55 ` Andrey Repin 2021-03-03 12:59 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-03 11:57 ` Thomas Wolff ` (2 subsequent siblings) 3 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: Andrey Repin @ 2021-03-03 11:55 UTC (permalink / raw) To: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT), cygwin Greetings, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)! >> All postinstall steps failed because of BLODA or installation path: >> >> 2021/02/09 17:48:06 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\dash.exe >> "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" >> 0 [main] dash (2296) shared_info::initialize: size of shared memory region >> changed from 49080 to 40888 >> 2021/02/09 17:48:20 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 ... >> >> Installing under Program\ Files causes issues because of space in path names >> and BLODA-like AV protections on those paths. > The installation is performed by powershell script that runs with the super > admin (system user/nt authority) from local repository that normally > bypasses all those kind of AV restrictions. I start it from the Cygwin icon > that runs mintty under the hood. I don't know who took those 8KB from the > script's shared memory, but indeed it looks like a BLODA interference. I > will ask the package to be re-installed. In such (administrative install) case, the Cygwin user directories should be redirected, f.e. to the user's profile, IMO. See nsswitch.conf for examples and possible options of such redirection. > We are running Cygwin from "C:\Program Files" for years without issue. Coincidence, I'm sure. > A space in the directory name is a very supported character for Unix and > Unix-like systems as well. Except script writers rarely account for that. Unfortunately. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, March 3, 2021 14:52:49 Sorry for my terrible english... ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* RE: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 11:55 ` Andrey Repin @ 2021-03-03 12:59 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-03 12:59 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> > Sent: 03 March 2021 12:56 > > Greetings, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)! > > >> All postinstall steps failed because of BLODA or installation path: > >> > >> 2021/02/09 17:48:06 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\dash.exe > >> "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" > >> 0 [main] dash (2296) shared_info::initialize: size of shared > >> memory region changed from 49080 to 40888 > >> 2021/02/09 17:48:20 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 ... > >> > >> Installing under Program\ Files causes issues because of space in > >> path names and BLODA-like AV protections on those paths. > > > The installation is performed by powershell script that runs with the > > super admin (system user/nt authority) from local repository that > > normally bypasses all those kind of AV restrictions. I start it from > > the Cygwin icon that runs mintty under the hood. I don't know who took > > those 8KB from the script's shared memory, but indeed it looks like a > > BLODA interference. I will ask the package to be re-installed. > > In such (administrative install) case, the Cygwin user directories should be > redirected, f.e. to the user's profile, IMO. > See nsswitch.conf for examples and possible options of such redirection. Yes, I am aware of this, but I prefer separate home directories to avoid confusion with the Windows programs. For example, we have Git for Windows and Git of Cygwin. The former consults %USERPROFILE%\.gitconfig and the latter $HOME/.gitconfig. You might need to set different options according to the environment you are running git and if they are the same, this is not possible. > > We are running Cygwin from "C:\Program Files" for years without issue. > > Coincidence, I'm sure. > > > A space in the directory name is a very supported character for Unix > > and Unix-like systems as well. > > Except script writers rarely account for that. Unfortunately. That's true, but instead of advising for non-space installation paths, let's all install Cygwin under a space-containing path and identify all those individual cases. The space character in the path deserves more respect :) Panos ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 11:22 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-03 11:55 ` Andrey Repin @ 2021-03-03 11:57 ` Thomas Wolff 2021-03-03 12:43 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-05 10:17 ` Home directory was not created KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-05 18:50 ` Brian Inglis 3 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: Thomas Wolff @ 2021-03-03 11:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT); +Cc: cygwin Am 03.03.2021 um 12:22 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT): >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis >> Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57 >> >> On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) >>> Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 >>> zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think > OK, the mystery has been resolved. There should be at least an e-mail notification to indicate that limitation. It is not polite for the list to simply ignore the submissions without saying anything :) There have been 3 responses on the list so what are you complaining about? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* RE: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 11:57 ` Thomas Wolff @ 2021-03-03 12:43 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-03 12:58 ` Thomas Wolff 2021-03-05 21:22 ` Kraja, Aldi 0 siblings, 2 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-03 12:43 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Thomas Wolff; +Cc: cygwin > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> > Sent: 03 March 2021 12:58 > > Am 03.03.2021 um 12:22 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT): > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis > >> Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57 > >> > >> On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) > >>> Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 > >>> zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think > > OK, the mystery has been resolved. There should be at least an e-mail > notification to indicate that limitation. It is not polite for the list to simply > ignore the submissions without saying anything :) > There have been 3 responses on the list so what are you complaining about? I couldn't send the log file "setup.log.full" as attachment to the list. I tried both plain and zip version to no avail. I have manage to sent it only as a private e-mail to Brian. There was no e-mail returned to indicate any error. It was silently ignored whereas there should be an error notification, or if there was it never reached my mailbox. Panos ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 12:43 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-03 12:58 ` Thomas Wolff 2021-03-03 13:07 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-05 21:22 ` Kraja, Aldi 1 sibling, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: Thomas Wolff @ 2021-03-03 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw) To: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT); +Cc: cygwin Am 03.03.2021 um 13:43 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT): >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> >> Sent: 03 March 2021 12:58 >> >> Am 03.03.2021 um 12:22 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT): >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis >>>> Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57 >>>> >>>> On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) >>>>> Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 >>>>> zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think >>> OK, the mystery has been resolved. There should be at least an e-mail >> notification to indicate that limitation. It is not polite for the list to simply >> ignore the submissions without saying anything :) >> There have been 3 responses on the list so what are you complaining about? > I couldn't send the log file "setup.log.full" as attachment to the list. I tried both plain and zip version to no avail. > > I have manage to sent it only as a private e-mail to Brian. There was no e-mail returned to indicate any error. It was silently ignored whereas there should be an error notification, or if there was it never reached my mailbox. You seem to have a novice understanding of how many open source projects and mailing lists work. You cannot *expect* anybody to respond to you within a certain time, or even less than a day, unless you had a paid service contract. So reduce your expectations. This is a volunteer project, free for all users after all. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* RE: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 12:58 ` Thomas Wolff @ 2021-03-03 13:07 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-03 17:07 ` Brian Inglis 0 siblings, 1 reply; 17+ messages in thread From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-03 13:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Thomas Wolff; +Cc: cygwin > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> > Sent: 03 March 2021 13:59 > > Am 03.03.2021 um 13:43 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT): > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> > >> Sent: 03 March 2021 12:58 > >> > >> Am 03.03.2021 um 12:22 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT): > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis > >>>> Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57 > >>>> > >>>> On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) > >>>>> Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 > >>>>> zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think > >>> OK, the mystery has been resolved. There should be at least an > >>> e-mail > >> notification to indicate that limitation. It is not polite for the > >> list to simply ignore the submissions without saying anything :) > >> There have been 3 responses on the list so what are you complaining > about? > > I couldn't send the log file "setup.log.full" as attachment to the list. I tried > both plain and zip version to no avail. > > > > I have manage to sent it only as a private e-mail to Brian. There was no e- > mail returned to indicate any error. It was silently ignored whereas there > should be an error notification, or if there was it never reached my mailbox. > You seem to have a novice understanding of how many open source projects > and mailing lists work. > You cannot *expect* anybody to respond to you within a certain time, or > even less than a day, unless you had a paid service contract. So reduce your > expectations. This is a volunteer project, free for all users after all. I am sorry Thomas for not being clear. I didn't get any automated error response for my rejected e-mail with the attachment to the list. That was my complain about. In no case, there was no complain about the responses on the issue from the list members. I apologise for the misunderstanding. Panos ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 13:07 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-03 17:07 ` Brian Inglis 0 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Brian Inglis @ 2021-03-03 17:07 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin On 2021-03-03 06:07, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> >> Sent: 03 March 2021 13:59 >> >> Am 03.03.2021 um 13:43 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT): >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> >>>> Sent: 03 March 2021 12:58 >>>> >>>> Am 03.03.2021 um 12:22 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT): >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis >>>>>> Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57 >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) >>>>>>> Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 >>>>>>> zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think >>>>> OK, the mystery has been resolved. There should be at least an >>>>> e-mail >>>> notification to indicate that limitation. It is not polite for the >>>> list to simply ignore the submissions without saying anything :) >>>> There have been 3 responses on the list so what are you complaining >> about? >>> I couldn't send the log file "setup.log.full" as attachment to the list. I tried >> both plain and zip version to no avail. >>> >>> I have manage to sent it only as a private e-mail to Brian. There was no e- >> mail returned to indicate any error. It was silently ignored whereas there >> should be an error notification, or if there was it never reached my mailbox. >> You seem to have a novice understanding of how many open source projects >> and mailing lists work. >> You cannot *expect* anybody to respond to you within a certain time, or >> even less than a day, unless you had a paid service contract. So reduce your >> expectations. This is a volunteer project, free for all users after all. > > I am sorry Thomas for not being clear. I didn't get any automated error > response for my rejected e-mail with the attachment to the list. That was my > complain about. In no case, there was no complain about the responses on the > issue from the list members. I apologise for the misunderstanding. Don't expect mailing lists that don't post emails for policy reasons to reply because of HTML, size, etc. That mail bombs a third party if the return address is spoofed. At one point corporate boilerplate with certain keywords caused drops. If a post does not appear on the list, you check the list, notice, and mention that, with stats, in a post and you will be enlightened. ;^> It would be nice to document the size limit on the Cygwin ML web page. I can provide a patch, if someone provides an attachment size limit? If not, I can provide a patch, and have someone fill in the actual size limit. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 12:43 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-03 12:58 ` Thomas Wolff @ 2021-03-05 21:22 ` Kraja, Aldi 2021-03-05 21:52 ` remove my email aldi@wustl.edu from the cygwin@cygwin.com email list Kraja, Aldi 2021-03-06 1:38 ` Help on Unsubscribing Brian Inglis 1 sibling, 2 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Kraja, Aldi @ 2021-03-05 21:22 UTC (permalink / raw) To: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT); +Cc: cygwin Dear Thomas, Kavalgios, Brian and who is the maintainer of the CYGWIN team, Please remove my email address aldi@wustl.edu from your posting lists (cygwin@cygwin.com). I have enjoyed your hard work as well as your outstanding contributions. But, now the time has arrived that your project is obsolete, because Microsoft has introduced ubuntu for windows system on windows 10, which covers everything I need. So, I have removed cygwin software from all my computers. The installation of UBUNTU on windows 10 is very simple: a) On the search box of windows 10, search for "Turn Windows Features On or Off", b) In that list, check the box for "Windows Subsystem for Linux", c) Install the latest UBUNTU from Microsoft store for free, d) run terminal of Ubuntu from windows as an app: first time it will asks to set a username and password. e) Follow with sudo ubuntu apt upgrade ; sudo ubuntu apt update. The rest is whatever the user wants to do, by installing additional packages, emacs etc. To simplify the use of x-win interface one can install VcXsrc for using XLaunch app for free. Once more thank you for all your efforts in years. It has been a great help to use your software in years. Best wishes, Aldi Kraja, DSc, PhD aldi.kraja@pystat.com ________________________________ From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> on behalf of KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) <Panagiotis.KAVALAGIOS@ext.eeas.europa.eu> Sent: Wednesday, March 3, 2021 06:43 AM To: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com <cygwin@cygwin.com> Subject: RE: Home directory was not created > -----Original Message----- > From: Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net> > Sent: 03 March 2021 12:58 > > Am 03.03.2021 um 12:22 schrieb KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT): > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis > >> Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57 > >> > >> On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) > >>> Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 > >>> zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think > > OK, the mystery has been resolved. There should be at least an e-mail > notification to indicate that limitation. It is not polite for the list to simply > ignore the submissions without saying anything :) > There have been 3 responses on the list so what are you complaining about? I couldn't send the log file "setup.log.full" as attachment to the list. I tried both plain and zip version to no avail. I have manage to sent it only as a private e-mail to Brian. There was no e-mail returned to indicate any error. It was silently ignored whereas there should be an error notification, or if there was it never reached my mailbox. Panos -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* remove my email aldi@wustl.edu from the cygwin@cygwin.com email list 2021-03-05 21:22 ` Kraja, Aldi @ 2021-03-05 21:52 ` Kraja, Aldi 2021-03-06 1:38 ` Help on Unsubscribing Brian Inglis 1 sibling, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Kraja, Aldi @ 2021-03-05 21:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Brian Inglis, Thomas Wolff, cygwin, Cygwin, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin-announce, cygwinautoreply Hi Brian and Thomas, If any of you is the maintainer of cygwin@cygwin.com mailling list, see the reason why I am asking to remove my email aldi@wustl.edu from the cygwin@cygwin.com list. Thank you in advance, Aldi Kraja, DSc, PhD By the way, the interactive unsubscribe does not work. It needs a password, which probably may have never been setup on my part. If you know the maintainer of cygwin@cygwin.com I would appreciate if you can forward this email request. ________________________________ From: Kraja, Aldi <aldikraja@email.wustl.edu> Sent: Friday, March 5, 2021 03:22 PM To: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) <Panagiotis.KAVALAGIOS@ext.eeas.europa.eu> Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com <cygwin@cygwin.com> Subject: Re: Home directory was not created Dear Thomas, Kavalagios, Brian and who is the maintainer of the CYGWIN team, Please remove my email address aldi@wustl.edu from your posting lists (cygwin@cygwin.com). I have enjoyed your hard work as well as your outstanding contributions. But, now the time has arrived that your project is obsolete, because Microsoft has introduced ubuntu for windows system on windows 10, which covers everything I need. So, I have removed cygwin software from all my computers. The installation of UBUNTU on windows 10 is very simple: a) On the search box of windows 10, search for "Turn Windows Features On or Off", b) In that list, check the box for "Windows Subsystem for Linux", c) Install the latest UBUNTU from Microsoft store for free, d) run terminal of Ubuntu from windows as an app: first time it will asks to set a username and password. e) Follow with sudo ubuntu apt upgrade ; sudo ubuntu apt update. The rest is whatever the user wants to do, by installing additional packages, emacs etc. To simplify the use of x-win interface one can install VcXsrc for using XLaunch app for free. Once more thank you for all your efforts in years. It has been a great help to use your software in years. Best wishes, Aldi Kraja, DSc, PhD aldi.kraja@pystat.com ________________________________ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Help on Unsubscribing 2021-03-05 21:22 ` Kraja, Aldi 2021-03-05 21:52 ` remove my email aldi@wustl.edu from the cygwin@cygwin.com email list Kraja, Aldi @ 2021-03-06 1:38 ` Brian Inglis 1 sibling, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Brian Inglis @ 2021-03-06 1:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin; +Cc: Kraja, Aldi On 2021-03-05 14:22, Kraja, Aldi via Cygwin wrote: > Please remove my email address aldi@wustl.edu from your posting lists (cygwin@cygwin.com). If following the links to the instructions at the bottom of the page: https://cygwin.com/mailman/listinfo/cygwin/ "Cygwin Subscribers ... To unsubscribe from Cygwin, get a password reminder, or change your subscription options enter your subscription email address: ( )(Unsubscribe or edit options) If you leave the field blank, you will be prompted for your email address" does not work, then please try sending a blank email from your subscribed address to <mailto:cygwin-request@cygwin.com?subject=unsubscribe> as detailed in the 4KB of headers in each email you get from cygwin@cygwin.com. If that does not work you may get help by sending a blank email from your subscribed address to: <mailto:cygwin-request@cygwin.com?subject=help> You may also consult the information under: <https://sourceware.org/lists.html#unsubscribe> > I have enjoyed your hard work as well as your outstanding contributions. But, now the time has arrived that your project is obsolete, because Microsoft has introduced ubuntu for windows system on windows 10, which covers everything I need. So, I have removed cygwin software from all my computers. > The installation of UBUNTU on windows 10 is very simple: a) On the search box of windows 10, search for "Turn Windows Features On or Off", b) In that list, check the box for "Windows Subsystem for Linux", c) Install the latest UBUNTU from Microsoft store for free, d) run terminal of Ubuntu from windows as an app: first time it will asks to set a username and password. > e) Follow with sudo ubuntu apt upgrade ; sudo ubuntu apt update. The rest is whatever the user wants to do, by installing additional packages, emacs etc. To simplify the use of x-win interface one can install VcXsrc for using XLaunch app for free. > Once more thank you for all your efforts in years. It has been a great help to use your software in years. [WSL has been available for a few years now with a number of distros available on the Windows app store and github. There are still many different use cases for each of the alternatives of Cygwin, WSL VMs, Unix VMs, Unix on hardware. Interoperability is still best under Cygwin; iffy under WSL with limitations and security not integrated: not seeing much value from using a common MS kernel under each WSL VM, rather than the native distro Linux kernel under an actual VM; somewhat available under VMs via mounts, still unsure how much I trust NTFS to manage "local" workstation VM Samba shares, although I do a fair amount of read/write from both sides for testing.] -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* RE: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 11:22 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-03 11:55 ` Andrey Repin 2021-03-03 11:57 ` Thomas Wolff @ 2021-03-05 10:17 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-05 18:50 ` Brian Inglis 3 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-05 10:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin > -----Original Message----- > From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of KAVALAGIOS > Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) > Sent: 03 March 2021 12:23 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis > > Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57 > > > > All postinstall steps failed because of BLODA or installation path: > > > > 2021/02/09 17:48:06 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\dash.exe > > "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" > > 0 [main] dash (2296) shared_info::initialize: size of shared > > memory region changed from 49080 to 40888 > > 2021/02/09 17:48:20 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 ... > > > > Installing under Program\ Files causes issues because of space in path > > names and BLODA-like AV protections on those paths. > > The installation is performed by powershell script that runs with the super > admin (system user/nt authority) from local repository that normally > bypasses all those kind of AV restrictions. I start it from the Cygwin icon that > runs mintty under the hood. I don't know who took those 8KB from the > script's shared memory, but indeed it looks like a BLODA interference. I will > ask the package to be re-installed. > > I have checked the installation logs and there was no error returned from the > setup program. Shouldn't return non-zero value so that the package > manager is notified about that issue? Or maybe it Is returned and I failed to > propagate that in my .bat file: > > --------- > @echo off > @echo Starting Cygwin installation > > "%cd%\setup-x86_64.exe" -q -A -L -l "%cd%\cygwin-repo" -R "C:\Program > Files\Cygwin" -P autoconf,automake,bash- > completion,binutils,curl,dos2unix,emacs,git,git- > svn,gnupg2,inetutils,jq,konsole,mc,openssh,patchutils,perl,psmisc,python2, > python3,rsync,ruby,subversion,tcsh,tmux,unzip,vim,vim- > common,wget,xinit,xlaunch,xorg-server,xorg-server-common,xorg-server- > xorg,xorg-x11-fonts-dpi100,xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75,xorg-x11-fonts-Type1,xorg- > x11-fonts-misc,xterm,zip > --------- > > Does it need "exit /b %errorlevel%"? I have requested the Cygwin package to be re-installed on my laptop and now it works fine and in the first execution: -------------- Copying skeleton files. These files are for the users to personalise their cygwin experience. They will never be overwritten nor automatically updated. './.bashrc' -> '/home/kavalpa//.bashrc' './.bash_profile' -> '/home/kavalpa//.bash_profile' './.inputrc' -> '/home/kavalpa//.inputrc' './.profile' -> '/home/kavalpa//.profile' kavalpa@BELBRU-L1922205 ~ $ -------------- My /var/log/setup.log.full is also clean and the postinstall scripts were successfully completely: -------------- 2021/03/05 09:18:07 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/emacs.sh" 2021/03/05 09:18:09 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/librsvg2.sh" 2021/03/05 09:18:55 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\bash.exe --norc --noprofile "/etc/postinstall/openssh.sh" ... -------------- All good now thanks! Panos ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Home directory was not created 2021-03-03 11:22 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) ` (2 preceding siblings ...) 2021-03-05 10:17 ` Home directory was not created KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) @ 2021-03-05 18:50 ` Brian Inglis 3 siblings, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Brian Inglis @ 2021-03-05 18:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin On 2021-03-03 04:22, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Cygwin <cygwin-bounces@cygwin.com> On Behalf Of Brian Inglis >> Sent: 02 March 2021 19:57 >> >> On 2021-03-02 01:08, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) >>> Sent: 02 March 2021 08:15 >> >>> zip 358KB > 256KB too big I think > > OK, the mystery has been resolved. There should be at least an e-mail notification to indicate that limitation. It is not polite for the list to simply ignore the submissions without saying anything :) > >> All postinstall steps failed because of BLODA or installation path: >> >> 2021/02/09 17:48:06 running: C:\Program Files\Cygwin\bin\dash.exe >> "/etc/postinstall/0p_000_autorebase.dash" >> 0 [main] dash (2296) shared_info::initialize: size of shared memory region >> changed from 49080 to 40888 >> 2021/02/09 17:48:20 abnormal exit: exit code=-1073741819 ... >> >> Installing under Program\ Files causes issues because of space in path names >> and BLODA-like AV protections on those paths. > > The installation is performed by powershell script that runs with the super admin (system user/nt authority) from local repository that normally bypasses all those kind of AV restrictions. I start it from the Cygwin icon that runs mintty under the hood. I don't know who took those 8KB from the script's shared memory, but indeed it looks like a BLODA interference. I will ask the package to be re-installed. > > I have checked the installation logs and there was no error returned from the setup program. Shouldn't return non-zero value so that the package manager is notified about that issue? Or maybe it Is returned and I failed to propagate that in my .bat file: > > --------- > @echo off > @echo Starting Cygwin installation > > "%cd%\setup-x86_64.exe" -q -A -L -l "%cd%\cygwin-repo" -R "C:\Program Files\Cygwin" -P autoconf,automake,bash-completion,binutils,curl,dos2unix,emacs,git,git-svn,gnupg2,inetutils,jq,konsole,mc,openssh,patchutils,perl,psmisc,python2,python3,rsync,ruby,subversion,tcsh,tmux,unzip,vim,vim-common,wget,xinit,xlaunch,xorg-server,xorg-server-common,xorg-server-xorg,xorg-x11-fonts-dpi100,xorg-x11-fonts-dpi75,xorg-x11-fonts-Type1,xorg-x11-fonts-misc,xterm,zip > --------- > > Does it need "exit /b %errorlevel%"? > > We are running Cygwin from "C:\Program Files" for years without issue. A space in the directory name is a very supported character for Unix and Unix-like systems as well. A quoted path that includes a space character is enough to resolve any possible issues. Unfortunately on an enterprise environment, program execution is only allowed under "C:\Program Files", so we haven't left many options. We do have prepared another directory without spaces for programs that even refuse to be installed on a path containing spaces (call me Weblogic and ColdFusion servers), but Cygwin accepts happily to be installed on a directory with spaces with a small warning. I would need to justify the non-compliance of Cygwin to be moved off "C:\Program Files" and so far I don't have any evidence. You have just stated that there are at least two exceptions that you are aware of installation under Program Files, so installation and execution is not "only allowed" there. Cygwin includes a lot of data files and your home directories under there and Windows now, and moreso in the future, disables and disallows modifications and changes there without elevation, or bypass of the policies requiring elevation. The "small" warning is your interpretation, but feel free to downplay that evidence and ignore it at your peril, as you may not soon notice the security and/or integrity problems that occur because of programs and all the scripts that don't handle spaces safely, especially in crafted path names and argument values, or the problems that occur because Windows security may silently prevent user changes or file creation, or require security policy bypasses to allow them to do whatever they like under those paths. Read up on OS/command/shell injection vulnerabilities and why patching bash for shellshock was just the start of a massive effort required to change every command in every script, and every program invoked by every script, to support and use features that limit the opportunities for, and effects of, vulnerability injections into directory and file paths and names, program and script names, options, and argument values. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
* Re: Home directory was not created 2021-03-01 15:33 Home directory was not created KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) 2021-03-01 17:37 ` Brian Inglis @ 2021-03-02 17:27 ` Adam Dinwoodie 1 sibling, 0 replies; 17+ messages in thread From: Adam Dinwoodie @ 2021-03-02 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 at 15:33, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > Dear all, > > Something went wrong to my Cygwin installation update (update is performed by removing everything and installing again the new version). The home directory of my user was not created, when you run Cygwin for the first time. When I start Cygwin it defaults to the evil C:\Windows\System32!?!? > > -bash-4.4$ pwd > /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32 > -bash-4.4$ cd > -bash: cd: /home/kavalpa: No such file or directory > -bash-4.4$ > > How this can be fixed in proper way, without causing any permission issues. These directories aren't normally created by the install scripts, but by the /etc/profile script the first time you create a login shell. You should see a message saying "Copying skeleton files. // These files are for the users to personalise their cygwin experience." when that happens. Therefore the key question here: how are you starting Cygwin? Adam ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 17+ messages in thread
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