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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] EOL for Windows 95/86/Me


On Feb 14 18:08, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> Brian Ford wrote:
> >On Wed, 14 Feb 2007, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> >>Ok, but then, is the problem that the auth dll *is* cygwin1.dll, or else
> >>why wouldn't the reboot only be needed when you update the auth dll?
> >>(Does the auth dll need cygwin1.dll or would it be possible to make it
> >>only the other way around? Maybe the auth dll can have a hook to allow
> >>"stopping" and "starting" it so it can let go of cygwin1.dll and allow
> >>an update?)
> >>
> >>...is there a link somewhere with general information on "Authentication
> >>DLL's"?
> >
> >To save Corinna some typing, it would help if you'd review the following
> >thread:
> >
> >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-developers/2006-11/msg00000.html
> 
> Thanks for pointing that out. So, to make sure I understand, if I 
> upgrade from e.g. cygwin-1.7.1-1 to cygwin-1.7.1-4, I do *not* need to 
> reboot (but from e.g. 1.7.1-1 to 1.7.2-1 I do)? Also, what enforces that 
> (and more to the point, is it something a user might choose to circumvent)?

No.  New cygwin release -> new authentication DLL -> reboot.  You don't
have to use it, but then you're NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM again.


Corinna

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