Fwd: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

Fwd: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

[Cedric Blancher]

Good evening!

For your consideration - we need FEEDBACK, please!

New is support running it as service (sc start
ms-nfs41-client-service), setgid()/newgrp support (with a new winsg
utility to run Windows applications with different primary group),
32bit kernel support, ACL+UNC path (cd //host@port/path1/path2 work in
bash and ksh93)+chgrp+nfs:// support, and the NFS server no longer
needs the "insecure" export switch.

Ced

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Roland Mainz <roland.mainz@nrubsig.org>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 at 19:17
Subject: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client
Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...
To: <ms-nfs41-client-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>


Hi!

----

I've created a set of test binaries for the NFSv4.1 filesystem client
driver for Windows 10/11, based on
https://github.com/kofemann/ms-nfs41-client (commit id
#0cb44281d376cd6aa0e43a402153405b7b32ddd8, git bundle in tarball), for
testing and feedback (download URL in "Download" section below).

Please send comments, bugs, test reports, complaints etc. to the
MailMan mailing list at
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ms-nfs41-client/lists/ms-nfs41-client-devel

# 1. What is this ?
NFSv4.1 client and filesystem driver for Windows 10/11

# 2. Features:
- Full NFSv4.1 protocol support
- idmapper (mapping usernames and uid/gid values between server and
    client)
- Support for custom ports (NFSv4 defaults to TCP port 2049, this
    client can use different ports per mount)
- Support for nfs://-URL
    * Why ? nfs://-URLs are crossplatform, portable and Character-Encoding
      independent descriptions of NFSv4 server resources (exports).
    - including custom ports and raw IPv6 addresses
    - nfs://-URL conversion utility (/usr/bin/nfsurlconv) to convert
        URLs, including non-ASCII/Unicode characters in mount path
- Support ssh forwarding, e.g. mounting NFSv4 filesystems via ssh
    tunnel
- Support for long paths (up to 4096 bytes), no Windows MAXPATH limit
- Unicode support
- UNC paths
    - IPv6 support in UNC paths
    - /sbin/nfs_mount prints UNC paths in Win32+Cygwin formats
    - Cygwin bash+ksh93 support UNC paths, e.g.
      cd //derfwnb4966@2049/nfs4/bigdisk/mysqldb4/
- IPv6 support
    - IPv6 address within '[', ']'
      (will be converted to *.ipv6-literal.net)
- Windows ACLs
    - Win32 C:\Windows\system32\icacls.exe
    - Cygwin /usr/bin/setfacl+/usr/bin/getfacl
    - Windows Explorer ACL dialog
- SFU/Cygwin support, including:
    - uid/gid
    - Cygwin symlinks
- Custom primary group support
    - Supports primary group changes in the calling process/thread
      (via |SetTokenInformation(..., TokenPrimaryGroup,...)|), e.g.
      if the calling process/threads switches the primary group
      in its access token then the NFSv4.1 client will use that
      group as GID for file creation.
    - newgrp(1)/sg(1)-style "winsg" utilty to run cmd.exe with
      different primary group, e.g.
      $ winsg [-] -g group [-c command | /C command] #
- Software compatibility:
    - Any NFSv4.1 server (Linux, Solaris, Illumos, FreeBSD, nfs4j,
        ...)
    - All tools from Cygwin/MinGW
    - Visual Studio
    - VMware Workstation (can use VMs hosted on NFSv4.1 filesystem)


# 3. Requirements:
- Windows 10 (32bit or 64bit) or Windows 11
- Cygwin:
    - Cygwin versions:
        - 64bit: >= 3.5.3 (or 3.6.x-devel)
        - 32bit: >= 3.3.6
    - Packages (required):
        cygwin
        cygwin-devel
        cygrunsrv
        cygutils
        cygutils-extra
        bash
        bzip2
        coreutils
        getent
        gdb
        grep
        hostname
        less
        libiconv
        libiconv2
        pax
        pbzip2
        procps-ng
        sed
        tar
        time
        util-linux
        wget
    - Packages (recommended):
        libnfs (for /usr/bin/nfs-ls)
        make
        git
        gcc-core
        gcc-g++
        clang
        mingw64-i686-clang
        mingw64-x86_64-clang
        dos2unix
        unzip


# 4. Download:
$ mkdir -p ~/download
$ cd ~/download
$ wget 'http://www.nrubsig.org/people/gisburn/work/msnfs41client/releases/testing/msnfs41client_cygwin_binaries_20240528_12h15m_git0cb4428.tar.bz2'
$ openssl sha256
"msnfs41client_cygwin_binaries_20240528_12h15m_git0cb4428.tar.bz2"
SHA2-256(msnfs41client_cygwin_binaries_20240528_12h15m_git0cb4428.tar.bz2)=
e3d7adeef8b28161410bb7095036043aa587190488bf9247a00b881c19dbcc0d


# 5. Installation (as "Administrator"):
$ (cd / && tar -xf
~/download/msnfs41client_cygwin_binaries_20240528_12h15m_git0cb4428.tar.bz2
)
$ /sbin/msnfs41client install
<REBOOT>


# 6. Deinstallation:
$ (set -o xtrace ; cd / && tar -tf
~/download/msnfs41client_cygwin_binaries_20240528_12h15m_git0cb4428.tar.bz2
| while read i ; do [[ -f "$i" ]] && rm "$i" ; done)
<REBOOT>


# 7. Usage:
# Option a)
# * Start NFSv4 client daemon as Windows service (requires
# "Adminstrator" account):

$ sc start ms-nfs41-client-service

# * Notes:
# - requires "Adminstrator" account, and one nfsd client daemon is
#   used for all users on a machine.
# - The "ms-nfs41-client-service" service is installed by default as
#   "disabled" and therefore always requires a "manual" start (e.g.
#   $ sc start ms-nfs41-client-service #)
# - note that DOS devices are virtualised per LSA Logon, so each Logon
#   needs to do a separare nfs_mount.exe to mount a NFSv4 share
# - nfsd_debug.exe will run as user "SYSTEM", but will do user
#   impersonation for each request
# - stopping the service will NOT unmount filesystems, and due to a
#   bug a reboot is required to restart and mount any NFSv4
#   filesystems again

# * Administration:
# - Follow new log messages:
$ tail -f '/var/log/ms-nfs41-client-service.log'
# - Query service status:
$ sc queryex ms-nfs41-client-service
# - Query service config:
$ sc qc ms-nfs41-client-service
# - Start service automatically:
# (nfsd_debug.exe will be started automagically, but mounts are
# not restored):
$ sc config ms-nfs41-client-service start=auto
# - Start service manually (default):
$ sc config ms-nfs41-client-service start=disabled


# Option b)
# Run the NFSv4 client daemon manually:
#
# - run this preferably as "Administrator", but this is not a requirement
# - requires separate terminal
$ /sbin/msnfs41client run_daemon

# Mount a filesystem and use it
$ /sbin/nfs_mount -o rw N 10.49.20.110:/net_tmpfs2
Successfully mounted '10.49.20.110@2049' to drive 'N:'
$ cd /cygdrive/n/
$ ls -la
total 4
drwxrwxrwt 5 Unix_User+0      Unix_Group+0      100 Dec  7 14:17 .
dr-xr-xr-x 1 roland_mainz     Kein                0 Dec 14 13:48 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 Unix_User+197608 Unix_Group+197121  80 Dec 12 16:24 10492030
drwxr-xr-x 3 Unix_User+197608 Unix_Group+197121  60 Dec 13 17:58 directory_t
drwxr-xr-x 3 Unix_User+197608 Unix_Group+197121  60 Dec  7 11:01 test2

# Unmount filesystem:
$ cd ~ && /sbin/nfs_mount -d N:
# OR
$ cd ~
$ net use N: /delete

# List mounted NFSv4.1 filesystems:
$ /sbin/nfs_mount


# 8. Notes:
- Cygwin 32bit can be installed like this:
---- snip ----
# Install Cygwin 32bit on Windows 32 with packages required by "ms-nfs41-client"
# (Windows NFSv4.1 client):
# 1. Get installer from https://www.cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe
# 2. Run installer with these arguments:
setup-x86.exe --allow-unsupported-windows -q --no-verify --site
http://ctm.crouchingtigerhiddenfruitbat.org/pub/cygwin/circa/2022/11/23/063457
-P cygwin,cygwin-devel,cygrunsrv,cygutils,cygutils-extra,bash,bzip2,coreutils,getent,gdb,grep,hostname,less,libiconv,libiconv2,pax,pbzip2,procps-ng,sed,tar,time,util-linux,wget,libnfs,make,git,dos2unix,unzip
---- snip ----

- Idmapping (including uid/gid mapping) between NFSv4 client and
  NFSv4 server works via /lib/msnfs41client/cygwin_idmapper.ksh,
  which either uses builtin static data, or /usr/bin/getent passwd
  and /usr/bin/getent group.
  As getent uses the configured name services it should work with
  LDAP too.
  This is still work-in-progress, with the goal that both NFSv4
  client and server can use different uid/gid numeric values for
  client and server side.

- UNC paths are supported, after successful mounting /sbin/nfs_mount
  will list the paths in Cygwin UNC format.

- SIDs work, users with valid Windows accounts (see Cygwin idmapping
  above get their SIDs, unknown users with valid uid/gid values get
  Unix_User+id/Unix_Group+id SIDs, and all others are mapped
  to nobody/nogroup SIDs.

- Workflow for nfs://-URLs:
  - Create nfs://-URLs with nfsurlconv, read $ nfsurlconv --man # for usage
  - pass URL to nfs_mount.exe like this:
    $ nfs_mount -o sec=sys,rw 'L' nfs://derfwnb4966_ipv4//bigdisk #

- Cygwin symlinks are supported, but might require
  $ fsutil behavior set SymlinkEvaluation L2L:1 R2R:1 L2R:1 R2L:1 #.
  This includes symlinks to UNC paths, e.g. as Admin
  $ cmd /c 'mklink /d c:\home\rmainz
\\derfwpc5131_ipv6@2049\nfs4\export\home2\rmainz' #
  and then $ cd /cygdrive/c/home/rmainz/ # should work

- performance: All binaries are build without any optimisation, so
  the filesystem is much slower than it could be.

- bad performance due to Windows Defender AntiVirus:
  Option 1:
  # disable Windows defender realtime monitoring
  # (requires Admin shell)
  powershell -Command 'Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring 1'
  Option 2:
  Add "nfsd.exe", "nfsd_debug.exe", "ksh93.exe", "bash.exe",
  "git.exe" and other offending commands to the process name
  whitelist.

- performance: Use vmxnet3 in VMware to improve performance

- ACLs are supported via the normal Windows ACL tools, but on
  Linux require the nfs4_getfacl/nfs4_setfacl utilities to see the
  data.
  * Example 1 (assuming that Windows, Linux NFSv4 client and NFSv4
  server have a user "siegfried_wulsch"):
  - On Windows on a NFSv4 filesystem:
  $ icacls myhorribledata.txt /grant "siegfried_wulsch:WD" #
  - On Linux NFSv4 clients you will then see this:
  ---- snip ----
  $ nfs4_getfacl myhorribledata.txt
  A::OWNER@:rwatTcCy
  A::siegfried_wulsch@global.loc:rwatcy
  A::GROUP@:rtcy
  A::EVERYONE@:rtcy
  ---- snip ----

  * Example 2 (assuming that Windows, Linux NFSv4 client and NFSv4
  server have a group "cygwingrp2"):
  - On Windows on a NFSv4 filesystem:
  $ icacls myhorribledata.txt /grant "cygwingrp2:(WDAC)" /t /c #
  - On Linux NFSv4 clients you will then see this:
  ---- snip ----
  $ nfs4_getfacl myhorribledata.txt
  A::OWNER@:rwatTcCy
  A::GROUP@:rtcy
  A:g:cygwingrp2@global.loc:rtcy
  A::EVERYONE@:rtcy
  ---- snip ----

- nfs_mount.exe vs. reserved ports:
  By default the NFSv4 server on Solaris, Illumos, Linux
  etc. only accepts connections if the NFSv4 client uses a
  "privileged (TCP) port", i.e. using a TCP port number < 1024.
  If nfsd.exe/nfsd_debug.exe is started without the Windows priviledge
  to use reserved ports, then a mount attempt can fail.
  This can be worked around on the NFSv4 server side - on Linux using
  the "insecure" export option in /etc/exports and on Solaris/Illumos
  using export option "resvport" (see nfs(5)).

- Accessing mounts from a VMware/QEMU/VirtualBox VM using NAT requires
  the the "insecure" export option in /etc/exports and on
  Solaris/Illumos using export option "resvport" (see nfs(5)), as the
  NFSv4 client source TCP port will be >= 1024.


# 9. Known issues:
- The kernel driver ("nfs41_driver.sys") does not yet have a
  cryptographic signature for SecureBoot - which means it will only
  work if SecureBoot is turned off (otherwise
  $ /sbin/msnfs41client install # will FAIL!)

- If nfsd_debug.exe crashes or gets killed, the only safe way
  to run it again requires a reboot

- LDAP support does not work yet

- Attribute caching is too aggressive

- Caching in the kernel does not always work. For example
  $ tail -f ... # does not not see new data.
  Workaround: Use GNU tail'S $ tail --follow=name ... #
  Working theory is that this is related to FCB caching, see
  |FCB_STATE_FILESIZECACHEING_ENABLED|, as the nfs41_driver.sys
  kernel module does not see the |stat()| syscalls. But $ tail -f ... #
  always works for a momemnt if something else opens the same file.

- Unmounting and then mounting the same filesystem causes issues
  as the name cache in nfsd*.exe is not flushed on umount, including
  leftover delegations.

- krb5p security with AES keys do not work against the linux server,
  as it does not support gss krb5 v2 tokens with rotated data.

- When recovering opens and locks outside of the server's grace
  period, client does not check whether the file has been modified
  by another client.

- If nfsd.exe is restarted while a drive is mapped, that drive needs
  to be remounted before further use.

- Does not allow renaming a file on top of an existing open file.
  Connectathon's special test op_ren has been commented out.

- File access timestamps might be wrong for delegations.

- Extended attributes are supported with some limitations:
  a) the server must support NFS Named Attributes,
  b) the order of listings cannot be guaranteed by NFS, and
  c) the EaSize field cannot be reported for directory queries of
  FileBothDirInformation, FileFullDirInfo, or FileIdFullDirInfo.

- Win10/32bit-only: $ net use H: /delete # does not work,
  use $ nfs_mount -d 'H' instead #

# 10. Notes for troubleshooting && finding bugs/debugging:
- nfsd_debug.exe has the -d option to set a level for debug
  output.
  Edit /sbin/msnfs41client to set the "-d" option.

- The "msnfs41client" script has the option "watch_kernel_debuglog"
  to get the debug output of the kernel module.

  Run as Admin: $ /sbin/msnfs41client watch_kernel_debuglog #

  Currently requires DebugView
  (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/downloads/debugview)
  to be installed.

- Watching network traffic:
  WireShark has a command line tool called "tshark", which can be used
  to see NFSv4 traffic. As NFSv4 uses RPC you have to filter for RPC,
  and the RPC filter automatically identifies NFSv4 traffic on it's RPC
  id.
  Example for Windows:
  (for NFSv4 default TCP port "2049", replace "2049" with the
  desired port if you use a custom port ; use "ipconfig" to find the
  correct interface name, in this case "Ethernet0"):
  ---- snip ----
  $ nfsv4port=2049 ; /cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Wireshark/tshark \
    -f "port $nfsv4port" -d "tcp.port==${nfsv4port},rpc" -i Ethernet0
  ---- snip ----

  If you are running inside a VMware VM on a Linux host it
  might require $ chmod a+rw /dev/vmnet0 # on VMware host, so that
  the VM can use "Promiscuous Mode".

# 11. Source code:
- Source code can be obtained from https://github.com/kofemann/ms-nfs41-client

- Build instructions can be found at
https://github.com/kofemann/ms-nfs41-client/tree/master/cygwin

----

Bye,
Roland
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Institute Pasteur

WinSG Re: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

[Dan Shelton]

On Tue, 28 May 2024 at 22:15, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> Good evening!
>
> For your consideration - we need FEEDBACK, please!
>
> New is support running it as service (sc start
> ms-nfs41-client-service), setgid()/newgrp support (with a new winsg
> utility to run Windows applications with different primary group),
> 32bit kernel support, ACL+UNC path (cd //host@port/path1/path2 work in
> bash and ksh93)+chgrp+nfs:// support, and the NFS server no longer
> needs the "insecure" export switch.

The WinSG utility is actually cool, because it can be used like a
normal Windows utility, and brings support for using multiple groups
to native Windows.

Just a couple of ideas:
- Native Windows doesn't have an easy way to list group memberships
for the current user, so a WinSG -l to list available groups would be
good
- WinSG should be installed in C:\Windows\system32\ alongside cmd.exe
- PowerShell plugin would be cool
- Explorer Plugin to switch groups
- Native Windows utilities use /? for help, not --help

Dan
-- 
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Re: WinSG Re: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

[Bill Stewart]

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On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 8:29 PM Dan Shelton wrote:

Just a couple of ideas:
> - Native Windows doesn't have an easy way to list group memberships
> for the current user, so a WinSG -l to list available groups would be
> good
>

Maybe you weren't aware of it - 'whoami /groups'


> - WinSG should be installed in C:\Windows\system32\ alongside cmd.exe
>

Not IMHO.


> - Native Windows utilities use /? for help, not --help
>

This is really only a loosely followed convention and not all Windows tools
follow it. (Example: Windows PowerShell cmdlet parameters use "-", not "/".)

Bill

Re: WinSG Re: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

[Dan Shelton]

On Wed, 29 May 2024 at 15:37, Bill Stewart via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 8:29 PM Dan Shelton wrote:
>
> Just a couple of ideas:
> > - Native Windows doesn't have an easy way to list group memberships
> > for the current user, so a WinSG -l to list available groups would be
> > good
> >
>
> Maybe you weren't aware of it - 'whoami /groups'

No, that takes the data from the account, and is wildly different from
what is in a token (need winsg -l for that!!).

>
> > - WinSG should be installed in C:\Windows\system32\ alongside cmd.exe
> >
>
> Not IMHO.

Why?

>
>
> > - Native Windows utilities use /? for help, not --help
> >
>
> This is really only a loosely followed convention and not all Windows tools
> follow it. (Example: Windows PowerShell cmdlet parameters use "-", not "/".)

Maybe powershell is just the exception, as they try to compete with bash?

Dan
-- 
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Re: WinSG Re: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Bill Stewart!

>> - WinSG should be installed in C:\Windows\system32\ alongside cmd.exe

> Not IMHO.

Agreed. If you want a single tool available in command line, use AppPaths
registry entry.

>> - Native Windows utilities use /? for help, not --help

> This is really only a loosely followed convention and not all Windows tools
> follow it. (Example: Windows PowerShell cmdlet parameters use "-", not "/".)

Many tools don't care if you are using / or -, many yet use /h or -h or
--help.

True, "/?" is old, but not prevalent. Especially not in modern Windows.


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Saturday, June 1, 2024 00:14:18

Sorry for my terrible english...

Re: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] WinSG Re: ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

[Roland Mainz]

On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 4:28 AM Dan Shelton <dan.f.shelton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 28 May 2024 at 22:15, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin
> <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> >
> > Good evening!
> >
> > For your consideration - we need FEEDBACK, please!
> >
> > New is support running it as service (sc start
> > ms-nfs41-client-service), setgid()/newgrp support (with a new winsg
> > utility to run Windows applications with different primary group),
> > 32bit kernel support, ACL+UNC path (cd //host@port/path1/path2 work in
> > bash and ksh93)+chgrp+nfs:// support, and the NFS server no longer
> > needs the "insecure" export switch.
>
> The WinSG utility is actually cool, because it can be used like a
> normal Windows utility, and brings support for using multiple groups
> to native Windows.
>
> Just a couple of ideas:
> - Native Windows doesn't have an easy way to list group memberships
> for the current user, so a WinSG -l to list available groups would be
> good

Done, I used -L (instead of -l) to avoid colliding with other
newgrp(1) implementations (see
https://github.com/kofemann/ms-nfs41-client/commit/65cec8f29cda6b8f4a1446203f6ab1cb988496ad?diff=unified&w=1).

But in general I think Linux, Solaris/Illumos and Cygwin should
standatise sg(1) with features like "-c cmdline" (like $ bash -c
cmdline #) and -L (list groups suitable for -g), and make "-g
groupname" mandatory.

> - WinSG should be installed in C:\Windows\system32\ alongside cmd.exe

Not yet, all stuff for the Cygwin install of the ms-nfs41-client goes
into the Cygwin /bin && /sbin dirs.

> - PowerShell plugin would be cool

I have no idea yet how to do that (yet).

> - Explorer Plugin to switch groups

Same problem... I'm not even sure the default Windows Explorer has an
API for its access token... ;-(

> - Native Windows utilities use /? for help, not --help

Done, I added winsg /? (see
https://github.com/kofemann/ms-nfs41-client/commit/e170a8a37f218d2f03a651efc6593c1e9ed0869e?diff=unified&w=1).

----

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Roland
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Re: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] WinSG Re: ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

[matthew patton]

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 >> - WinSG should be installed in C:\Windows\system32\ alongside cmd.exe
>
>Not yet, all stuff for the Cygwin install of the ms-nfs41-client goes
>into the Cygwin /bin && /sbin dirs.
Let's try for NEVER. 3rd parties have no business polluting the operating system. If this is MS code or closely related to it, then it properly belongs in /usr/local or more correctly /opt  as it's not part of Cygwin proper either, correct?

Re: WinSG Re: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

[Dan Shelton]

On Fri, 31 May 2024 at 23:20, Andrey Repin via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings, Bill Stewart!
>
> >> - WinSG should be installed in C:\Windows\system32\ alongside cmd.exe
>
> > Not IMHO.
>
> Agreed. If you want a single tool available in command line, use AppPaths
> registry entry.

How does that work?

>
> >> - Native Windows utilities use /? for help, not --help
>
> > This is really only a loosely followed convention and not all Windows tools
> > follow it. (Example: Windows PowerShell cmdlet parameters use "-", not "/".)
>
> Many tools don't care if you are using / or -, many yet use /h or -h or
> --help.
>
> True, "/?" is old, but not prevalent. Especially not in modern Windows.

Maybe, but this is what I would have tried first. dir cmd uses it, as
most other things in the Windows console.

Dan
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Dan Shelton - Cluster Specialist Win/Lin/Bsd

Re: [Ms-nfs41-client-devel] WinSG Re: ANN: NFSv4.1 filesystem client Windows driver binaries for Windows 10/11 for testing, 2024-05-28 ...

[Dan Shelton]

On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 at 14:50, Roland Mainz via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 4:28 AM Dan Shelton <dan.f.shelton@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 28 May 2024 at 22:15, Cedric Blancher via Cygwin
> > <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Good evening!
> > >
> > > For your consideration - we need FEEDBACK, please!
> > >
> > > New is support running it as service (sc start
> > > ms-nfs41-client-service), setgid()/newgrp support (with a new winsg
> > > utility to run Windows applications with different primary group),
> > > 32bit kernel support, ACL+UNC path (cd //host@port/path1/path2 work in
> > > bash and ksh93)+chgrp+nfs:// support, and the NFS server no longer
> > > needs the "insecure" export switch.
> >
> > The WinSG utility is actually cool, because it can be used like a
> > normal Windows utility, and brings support for using multiple groups
> > to native Windows.
> >
> > Just a couple of ideas:
> > - Native Windows doesn't have an easy way to list group memberships
> > for the current user, so a WinSG -l to list available groups would be
> > good
>
> Done, I used -L (instead of -l) to avoid colliding with other
> newgrp(1) implementations (see
> https://github.com/kofemann/ms-nfs41-client/commit/65cec8f29cda6b8f4a1446203f6ab1cb988496ad?diff=unified&w=1).
>
> But in general I think Linux, Solaris/Illumos and Cygwin should
> standatise sg(1) with features like "-c cmdline" (like $ bash -c
> cmdline #) and -L (list groups suitable for -g), and make "-g
> groupname" mandatory.
>

Cool.

Are you going to make new binaries soon?

Dan
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Dan Shelton - Cluster Specialist Win/Lin/Bsd