OT: X Server with cygwin. Was Re:[suse-security] safety with scp
Hi
Nevertheless gives a nice X-Server. ;-)
Oh, yes, i forgot it. Problem is... i am unable to use it. The first time i used cygwin i did it with administrator w2k user. From then on, i use a regular user, but with administration rights, though (company policy). Administrator user can launch X server, but not any other user (at this point, i really miss the su - linux capability). When i launch the startx command, this is what i get (in a popup window): A fatal error has occurred and Cygwin/X will now exit. Please open /tmp/XWin.log for more information. Vendor: The cygwin X Project Release: 6.8.2.0-2 Contact: blah blah XWin was started with the following command-line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard The main cygwin windows shows: Mcalerom@MCALEROMAC2K ~ $ startx Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.2.0-2 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard Fatal server error: Cannot open log file "/tmp/XWin.log" waiting for X server to begin accepting connection .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progre giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. The closest thing i could find to the log file mentioned above was c:\cygwin\tmp\XWin.log, but the last time this file was updated was by mid september :-? Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.2.0-2 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard ddxProcessArgument - Initializing default screens winInitializeDefaultScreens - w 1400 h 1050 winInitializeDefaultScreens - Returning _XSERVTransmkdir: Owner of /tmp/.X11-unix should be set to root (II) XF86Config is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information (==) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1400 height: 1050 depth: 32 winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 null screen fn ReparentWindow null screen fn RestackWindow InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "0000040a" (0000040a) (--) Using preset keyboard for "Spanish (Spain, Traditional Sort)" (40a), type "4" (--) 3 mouse buttons found Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! winInitMultiWindowWM - pthread_mutex_lock () returned. winMultiWindowXMsgProc - pthread_mutex_lock () returned. winInitMultiWindowWM - pthread_mutex_unlock () returned. winInitMultiWindowWM - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 winMultiWindowXMsgProc - pthread_mutex_unlock () returned. winMultiWindowXMsgProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 winProcEstablishConnection - Hello winInitClipboard () winProcEstablishConnection - winInitClipboard returned. winClipboardProc - Hello DetectUnicodeSupport - Windows NT/2000/XP winClipboardProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 winInitMultiWindowWM - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. winClipboardProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. winMultiWindowXMsgProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. winMultiWindowXMsgProcErrorHandler - ERROR: BadWindow (invalid Window parameter) I know it is very OT, but i thought it was worthy to give it a try... -- Saludos, miguel
Hi miguel, last time i had trouble with cygwin like that a complete uninstall - new install helped. Try to install as that user working with cygwin. never found out why ;-(( Dirk miguel gmail wrote:
Hi
Nevertheless gives a nice X-Server. ;-)
Oh, yes, i forgot it. Problem is... i am unable to use it. The first time i used cygwin i did it with administrator w2k user. From then on, i use a regular user, but with administration rights, though (company policy). Administrator user can launch X server, but not any other user (at this point, i really miss the su - linux capability).
When i launch the startx command, this is what i get (in a popup window):
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last time i had trouble with cygwin like that a complete uninstall - new install helped.
Try to install as that user working with cygwin.
never found out why ;-((
solved! the file c:\cygwin\tmp\XWin.log is the culprit. Other user than my win Admin is unable to write on it. However, my windows user has admin rights on this machine. I tried to delete it from the windows GUI, to no success. I tried today the following: $ rm XWin.log rm: remove write-protected regular file `XWin.log'? Y at a cygwin shell and worked it out. Just run again ´startx´ and you will see it work. HTH -- Saludos, miguel
miguel gmail schrieb:
The closest thing i could find to the log file mentioned above was c:\cygwin\tmp\XWin.log, but the last time this file was updated was by mid september :-?
...and I guess the rights on that file don't give your actual account permission to open it. Simply remove that file and you should have a go. Cheers, Ralf
-----Original Message----- From: miguel gmail [mailto:miguel.listas@gmail.com] Sent: 10 November 2005 12:26 Cc: SuSE-Security Subject: [suse-security] OT: X Server with cygwin. Was Re:[suse-security] safety with scp
.... From then on, i use a regular user, but with administration rights, though (company policy). Administrator user can launch X server, but not any other user (at this point, i really miss the su - linux capability).
Running as an admin user... and people wonder why Windows boxes have security problems ;-) Not having a go at *you*, but at people in various departments I work with who insist they need to run as administrator. I know what you mean about lack of "su" - here's one way to get round it: I run XP as a Restricted user. In Start -> Run I have "runas /user:[administrative user name] cmd" I get a prompt for a password and then I have a command promt running as root^H^H^H^Hadministrator If you need to use GUI tools you can drag and drop them into this command prompt. Doesn't work for all parts of the control panel but you can get what you need if you try long enough. If I was a Windows whizz it's be much faster. Tom. -- Tom Knight System Administration Officer Arts & Humanities Data Service Web: http://www.ahds.ac.uk Email: tom.knight@ahds.ac.uk
Hi,
Running as an admin user... and people wonder why Windows boxes have security problems ;-) Not having a go at *you*, but at people in various departments I work with who insist they need to run as administrator.
je je, i know what you mean. Point is that my company gave the laptop ´as is´, with the user created, and a lotus notes profile for such user.
I know what you mean about lack of "su" - here's one way to get round it: I run XP as a Restricted user. In Start -> Run I have "runas /user:[administrative user name] cmd" I get a prompt for a password and then I have a command promt running as root^H^H^H^Hadministrator
I am using w2k... this is, i cannot use that revolutionary and cutting edge technology to switch user in the middle of a sesion :-( ;-)
If you need to use GUI tools you can drag and drop them into this command prompt. Doesn't work for all parts of the control panel but you can get what you need if you try long enough. If I was a Windows whizz it's be much faster.
I might upgrade to WXP, but not sure if it is worth of it. -- Saludos, miguel
Thursday 10 November 2005 17.56 skrev miguel gmail:
I know what you mean about lack of "su" - here's one way to get round it: I run XP as a Restricted user. In Start -> Run I have "runas /user:[administrative user name] cmd" I get a prompt for a password and then I have a command promt running as root^H^H^H^Hadministrator
I am using w2k... this is, i cannot use that revolutionary and cutting edge technology to switch user in the middle of a sesion :-( ;-)
Revolutionary ;) Hmm... Anyway, you don't need WXP to use the runas command. It has been available since WinNT and can be used in W2K. C:\>runas RUNAS USAGE: RUNAS [/profile] [/env] [/netonly] /user: program /profile if the user's profile needs to be loaded /env to use current environment instead of user's. /netonly use if the credentials specified are for remote access only. /user should be in form USER@DOMAIN or DOMAIN\USER program command line for EXE. See below for examples Examples:
runas /profile /user:mymachine\administrator cmd runas /profile /env /user:mydomain\admin "mmc %windir%\system32\dsa.msc" runas /env /user:user@domain.microsoft.com "notepad \"my file.txt\""
NOTE: Enter user's password only when prompted. NOTE: USER@DOMAIN is not compatible with /netonly. //Regards Tony ************************************ Tony Stohne mailto: tstohne@bredband.net ************************************
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