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Re: Configuring INETD as a service... invalid instructions?


----- Original Message -----
From: <Richard_Landon@capgroup.com>
To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 7:20 AM
Subject: Configuring INETD as a service... invalid instructions?


> In the /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README file the following
> instructions are
> given in relation to configuration of inetd as an NT/W2K service:
>
>    The environment variable CYGWIN must be either set in the system
>    environment to be active from start on or you can set CYGWIN thru
>    the registry:
>    Under the key HKLM\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
>    create a key of type REG_SZ (String) named like the full DOS path
>    to the application, eg. "C:\usr\bin\inetd.exe" and with the value
>    equal to the preferred CYGWIN settings, eg "binmode tty ntsec".
>
>
> This is obviously not a valid instruction, as the name of a key in the
NT
> registry can
> not contain a "\".
>
> Can someone please provide a valid set of instructions that have
actually
> been tested with a real NT system?
>

Richard, as you know, keys do not have a type. So either the above
documentation isn't asking you to create a key (because it specifies a
type), or it's missing the words describing the value to be created.

Now as you know that keys cannot containt "\" it seems logical that you
should create a _value_ of type REG_SZ and follow on from there.

Corinna - you're the inetd maintainer?
-create a key of type REG_SZ (String) named like the full DOS path
+create a value of type REG_SZ (String) named like the full DOS path

Rob


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