Questions tagged [cygwin]
cygwin provides a Unix/Linux-like environment under Microsoft Windows OSes.
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Cygwin package management
In cygwin, how do I:
List all installed packages
List files belonging to a package
Tell which package a file belongs to
Install a new package
Uninstall a package
Get info about an installed package (...
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running Samba Active Directory Server on Windows desktop (for developing)
Huh, I completely confused by others editing my post... breaking all system of referencing and linking into a mess...
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Can anybody share experience and/or links on ...
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How to run easy_install in cygwin?
I am trying to install some package in cygwin's python, but I'm getting the following error: "easy_install: command not found".
I have tried to run "easy_install.py", the result is also "easy_install....
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Can I use PLink and Pageant with Cygwin's ssh?
I'm now using msysgit because of the GUI tools, which use Putty's Pageant and PLink utilities, but I use Cygwin as a general SSH terminal. I had been using ssh-agent on Cygwin, but that means I have ...
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Why isn't my public key allowing me to sign in without a password?
On my home network I have a server running Ubuntu and another desktop running Windows 7. I'm using cygwin on the Windows machine to ssh into the server. I attempted to set up keys between these two ...
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best ssh program for Windows?
I know of Putty. I currently use rxvt (via Cygwin).
Is there a more "integrated" terminal program for Windows out there?
e.g. something closer to KDE's kconsole -- where I can have multiple shells ...
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Problem using a public key when connecting to a SSH server running on Cygwin
We have installed Cygwin on a Windows Server 2008 Standard server and it working pretty well. Unfortunately we still have a big problem. We want to connect using a public key through SSH which doesn't ...
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Can't login to Cygwin sshd server with a non-administrator user account
I'm having some difficulties logging in to my Windows 2008 server (a DC) running Cygwin sshd. I can log in fine with an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group, but when I try with a ...
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cygwin SSHD auto closes the connection upon connection
I run cygwin/sshd on Windows Vista. I used to be able to use ssh to connect to my computer alright, until recently it started not working (I think I installed and removed some other cygwin packages)
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Interix/SUA SSH server any good?
There are a lot of homebrew SSH servers (some free, some paid) out there, but I’ve always stuck to Cygwin’s port of OpenSSH because:
Despite all of its strange properties, I am familiar with Cygwin, ...
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How safe is it to run cygwin sshd on a windows 2003 domain controller
I have already installed cygwin (running sshd) on windows 2003 DC several times.
But now another admin who is actually responsible for this domain asked my if this is really safe.
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ksh not find by bash in my cygwin installation but present in the folder bin/ksh with a lnk extension
I have installed cygwin on my windows XP desktop on C:. It works fine except when I launch a .ksh. I had this error message :
bash: ./xxx.ksh: /bin/ksh : Bad interpreter:No such file or directory
I '...
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Are there any incompatibility issues when running cygwin sshd on a windows 2003 domain controller?
I am asking for incompatibility here.
Safety was already covered in that question.
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Trouble with cwRsync on Windows
I have just setup cwRsyncServer on my 2008 server, it is permitted by the firewall, and I have configured a module with write access. The rsync server is running and listening.
I have cnfigured an ...
