network installation failed, new diagnostics

Achim Gratz Stromeko@nexgo.de
Mon Jan 16 18:02:00 GMT 2017


Thomas Wolff writes:
> Concerning https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2016-07/msg00021.html,
> I have some new insights; first, I tried with a range of older
> versions of setup.exe (from the cygwin time machine) but all failed,
> so its not a regression as I had speculated.

Your user mounts are not present in the elevated shell, thanks to how
UAC sets you up.

> After fixing the mount:
> net use L: '\\141.64.144.100\Labormaterial'

It*s usually easier to create a temporary drive letter by using

pushd \\someserver\somedir

which is for whatever reason the only way to change into a UNC path in
cmd.exe.


Regards,
Achim.
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