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RE: Upgraded to XP: rxvt no longer working
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:23:12 +0100
- Subject: RE: Upgraded to XP: rxvt no longer working
On 12 September 2006 16:13, news@garydjones.mailshell wrote:
> X-No-Archive: yes
Won't work here. That's a google-specific command.
> Anyway, rxvt no longer works for me. I used to use a shortcut with the
> following properties to start it:
> D:\cygwin\bin\rxvt.exe -title "rxvt Terminal" -bg "#e0f0e0" -fg "#000040"
> -cr midnightblue -fn "Lucida Console-14" -geometry 80x43+0+0 -sl 4000 -sr
> -tn rxvt -backspacekey ^H -e /bin/login gary
>
> That now produces a "Password:" prompt. But the (Limited User) account I am
> running from simply doesn't have a password. Pressing return tells me
> "Login incorrect". Grr.
>
> So I changed the shortcut and removed the "-e ...", and I now get a
> "sh-3.1$" prompt at /usr/bin.
>
> Agh! (to coin a phrase)
>
> Anyone got any tips please? I guess this is something to do with user
> security, but that isn't something I ever had to bother with on 98 (since
> no such thing exists).
Simplest would just be to replace "-e /bin/login gary" with "/bin/bash
--login -i".
cheers,
DaveK
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