This is the mail archive of the
cygwin
mailing list for the Cygwin project.
Re: AllVersions: Running Cygwin X w/ Registy Entries
Thorsten Kampe wrote:
* Christopher Faylor (2005-10-26 15:37 +0100)
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 10:26:36AM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
* gtg793x@mail.gatech.edu (2005-10-26 00:45 +0100)
Quoting Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>:
See "man mount". Please, please, please don't manipulate the registry
directly if you want to stay portable. You can easily create a batch file
to reproduce the mounts properly.
...
"User mounts" is the answer. The CURRENT_USER tree is usually writable.
Make sure you don't write over the existing settings if they are present.
Current XP computers I am trying to run this into give me: "Registry Editing has
been Disabled by your administrator." even if I try to write to Current_User
All I am trying to keep portable is the X server thus XWIN.exe is the only
executable I have, the only one I execute. After running the X server as the
background server I am tunneling the packets using Putty / Securecrt.
Try "regedit /s" in a batch (instead of double clicking). This
sometimes works.
Or, I dunno, if that works, you could just use "mount" and forget about
regedit entirely.
It's a crazy idea, I know. I wonder why no one has thought of it before.
*I* didn't know about it (because I was under the impression that all
cygwin programs depend on the mount tables).
Well, obviously there are a few that don't (mount, cygcheck, ash (?),
etc.?)
And I think it's easier to just import a reg file than dealing with
multiple mount commands...
Problem with that is that if the sysadmin knows what he's doing, it only
takes about 4 seconds to block off almost all possible ways of actually
editing the registry...
A batch file that checks for an existing mount table and saves it, then
mounts it according to what you want is far, far better.
--
Spinning complacently in the darkness, covered and blinded by a blanket
of little lives, false security has lulled the madness of this world
into a slumber. Wake up! An eye is upon you, staring straight down and
keenly through, seeing all that you are and everything that you will
never be. Yes, an eye is upon you, an eye ready to blink. So face
forward, with arms wide open and mind reeling. Your future has
arrived... Are you ready to go?
--
Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/