Unable to start Cygwin64 terminal after password change

[Brian Inglis]

On 2021-08-02 12:31, Lavrentiev, Anton (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] via Cygwin wrote:
>> I'll follow up once I have the output you've requested.
> 
> Well, my Systems people stopped cygserver for me, and I was able to open the "Cygwin64 terminal" without problems...  The machine wasn't rebooted, re-login'ed, nothing.
> 
> So cygserver was the culprit?
> 
> When I run id now, I get it all correctly, from both that very terminal:
> 
> $ id
> uid=1050182(lavr) gid=1049089(Domain Users) groups=1049089(Domain Users),555(Remote Desktop Users),545(Users),559(Performance Log Users),14(REMOTE INTERACTIVE LOGON),4(INTERACTIVE)....
> 
> and also from "bash" that I used to start from "cmd.exe" (when the terminal wouldn't open up):
> 
> C:\Windows\System32>cd \cygwin64\bin
> 
> C:\Cygwin64\bin>bash
> 
> lavr@NCBIPC9135 /usr/bin
> $ id
> uid=1050182(lavr) gid=1049089(Domain Users) groups=1049089(Domain Users),555(Remote Desktop Users),545(Users),559(Performance Log Users),14(REMOTE INTERACTIVE LOGON),4(INTERACTIVE),11(Authenticated Users),15(This Organization),4095(CurrentSession)...
> 
> Also note that my prompt is not showing anything numeric anymore...
> 
> Any clues?

All Cygwin services need to be shut down prior to running Cygwin Setup 
and they need to be restarted after Cygwin Setup completes successfully.

If Cygwin services are running while Cygwin Setup is running, Cygwin 
components in use can not be updated, and you should get a Restart to 
update prompt.

If you can not control the services, you should not run Setup: it should 
all be packaged into a script run elevated by those who have control.

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains
too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised.
[Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]