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Re: fetchmail pops up console windows


On 2009-01-13, Jason Tishler wrote:
> Gary,
> 
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 09:55:36AM -0800, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > On 2009-01-13, Jason Tishler wrote:
> > > FWIW, I don't have this problem when running fetchmail as a service.
> > 
> > I saw that in an earlier post and tried to follow the instructions in
> > /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/fetchmail-6.3.9.README, but I get this result:
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> >     $ cygrunsrv -S fetchmail
> >     cygrunsrv: Error starting a service: StartService:  Win32 error 1069:
> >     The service did not start due to a logon failure.
> > 
> > I have both cron and sshd running as services, so that much works,
> > but they may be running as the system user (whatever it's called).
> > I don't know how to diagnose this sort of failure.
> 
> Did you heed the following from the README?
> 
>     o the $USERDOMAIN\\$USERNAME account must have the "Log on as a
>       service" user right for Cygwin fetchmail to start as a NT service

I heeded it in the sense that I read it and understood that it might
be the problem.  I did go searching in the Control Panel for likely
utilities, but I couldn't find anything in User Accounts or anywhere
else that would let me set user rights or that even told me what
they were.  I did not search Windows Help and Support.  That sort of
cluelessness was meant to be implicit in the statement, "I don't
know how to diagnose this sort of failure," but I suppose I should
have been more clear.

So how does one set that right?

Regards,
Gary



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