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RE: user-specific mounts


> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Igor Pechtchanski
> Sent: 17 May 2004 14:36

> Wow!  Yes, this does indeed look suspicious.  Since I only 
> have Win2k to
> play with, can someone with WinXPPro verify this behavior?  
> Hopefully it's
> a local configuration thing...

  Repeatable here.

> A WAG: "at" runs as LocalSystem (a.k.a. SYSTEM).  Does 
> g:\cygwin\bin\bash
> have execute permissions for everyone?  Also, try making the 
> executable
> name "g:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe" instead.

  That's the one.  Adding the .exe fixes it and you get:

bash-2.05b$ whoami
SYSTEM
bash-2.05b$
  
  Job done!


    cheers, 
      DaveK
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Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


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