cygwin-1.1.4: problems with remote commands

[norbert.bladt@usa.net]

Ralf Fassel wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> experimenting with the ssh 2.1.1p4-2 daemon on Windows NT (SP6).  sshd
> runs fine for interactive logins, except:
> 
> - the `net use' command is not able to read a password.  First time it
>   prompts for the password, hangs a short while, then aborts with
>     'Systemfehler 86 aufgetreten.'  (System Error 86)
>   Following invocations abort immediately.  The password I typed is
>   used as commandline input for bash then.
> 
>   CYGWIN is set to `binmode ntsec tty'.  If I
>      export CYGWIN='binmode ntsec notty'
>      exec bash
>   behaviour is unchanged.  Haven't tried to set `notty' in the system
>   environment yet (would that help?)
> 
>   Same behaviour for sessions opened via telnetd and rshd.
> 
> - using ssh, I am not able to see the output of remote commands in my
>   UNIX xterm.
> 
>      % ssh nt-host ls
This works for me.
Either you
	- are using the ls from the Resource Kit or
	- have no home directory defined or it doesn't exist.

But the rest of your observation seems to be right.
In our environment we do start, stop and/or restart services
an this doesn't give any output on the UNIX side either.
However, the exit codes work fine in these cases, i.e.
	0 means OK
	not 0 means error.
	in the case of "net start / stop"
	1 e.g.,ervice name does not exist
	2 e.g., service is already running (start) or doesn'^t run (stop)
This might be sufficient for your environment, too.
We'll use a combination of Samba and scp to do the file transfers.
If you use scp: remember it does a binary file transfer.
So, if you intend to use a textfile on NT which you prepared
on UNIX check whether LF must be converted to CRLF prior to sending.
And vice versa, of course.

Hope this helps,

Norbert.

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