cygstart --directory switch is ignored when using --action=runas

cygstart --directory switch is ignored when using --action=runas

[Marcin Kurczewski]

I just ran into an issue that was already explained by someone else here:
http://superuser.com/questions/720846/cygstart-directory-switch-is-ignored-when-using-action-runas

Below I paste contents of above report, from ZeroKnight:

>It seems the --directory switch is ineffective when used with --action=runas
>when using cygstart. For example:
>
>cygstart --action=runas --directory=`cygpath -wa $PWD` cmd.exe /k dir
>
>The expected output is the contents of the working directory of the
>cygwin shell the command was run from. Instead, it outputs the contents of
>C:\Windows\system32, the default starting path for an administrative command
>prompt, completely ignoring the --directory switch. In contrast, omitting the
>--action=runas switch gives the expected output, but obviously not with
>elevated permissions.

Confirmed the bug to still exist on my version of Cygwin, which is:

CYGWIN_NT-6.2-WOW64 work 1.7.28(0.271/5/3) 2014-02-09 21:06 i686 Cygwin

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Re: cygstart --directory switch is ignored when using --action=runas

[Marco Atzeri]

On 06/10/2014 11:03, Marcin Kurczewski wrote:
> I just ran into an issue that was already explained by someone else here:
> http://superuser.com/questions/720846/cygstart-directory-switch-is-ignored-when-using-action-runas
>
> Below I paste contents of above report, from ZeroKnight:
>
>> It seems the --directory switch is ineffective when used with --action=runas
>> when using cygstart. For example:
>>
>> cygstart --action=runas --directory=`cygpath -wa $PWD` cmd.exe /k dir
>>
>> The expected output is the contents of the working directory of the
>> cygwin shell the command was run from. Instead, it outputs the contents of
>> C:\Windows\system32, the default starting path for an administrative command
>> prompt, completely ignoring the --directory switch. In contrast, omitting the
>> --action=runas switch gives the expected output, but obviously not with
>> elevated permissions.
>
> Confirmed the bug to still exist on my version of Cygwin, which is:
>
> CYGWIN_NT-6.2-WOW64 work 1.7.28(0.271/5/3) 2014-02-09 21:06 i686 Cygwin
>

works fine on my system

$ uname -vrs
CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 1.7.32(0.274/5/3) 2014-08-13 23:03

What about
1) updating your system
2) following https://cygwin.com/problems.html guidelines ?

Regards
Marco

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Re: cygstart --directory switch is ignored when using --action=runas

[Achim Gratz]

Marcin Kurczewski <rr- <at> sakuya.pl> writes:
> >It seems the --directory switch is ineffective when used with --action=runas
> >when using cygstart. For example:
> >
> >cygstart --action=runas --directory=`cygpath -wa $PWD` cmd.exe /k dir
> >
> >The expected output is the contents of the working directory of the
> >cygwin shell the command was run from.

No, the expected output is exactly what you get unless you already are
running this command from an elevated prompt (which would be a pointless
exercise).  An administrative CMD starts in a freshly created administrative
context separate from your user context and most settings in your user
context (including the current working directory) are not carried over.  If
you want it to have a specific working directory you'll have to CD (mapped
drives only) or PUSHD (also accepts UNC paths).


Regards,
Achim.


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