Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: From: Heribert Dahms To: "'Robert Collins'" , Scott Atwood Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: 30 second startup delay on Cygwin programs from SYSTEM accoun t Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 22:48:28 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain Hi, so would it make sense to bypass domain stuff for LocalSystem by extending the condition in internal_getlogin at line 47 (between the two debug_printf's below) with sth like: if (wincap.has_security () && strcmp(username, "SYSTEM")) ... Bye, Heribert (heribert_dahms@icon-scm.com) > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Collins [SMTP:robert.collins@itdomain.com.au] > Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 01:00 > To: Scott Atwood > Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: 30 second startup delay on Cygwin programs from SYSTEM > account > > On Fri, 2001-10-26 at 11:07, Scott Atwood wrote: > > > I ran "strace bash" as user SYSTEM and here is an excerpt of the output. > > > > 2949 226918 [main] bash 1428 internal_getlogin: GetUserName() = SYSTEM > > 30450200 30677118 [main] bash 1428 internal_getlogin: Domain: (null), > Logon Serv > > er: CHARON, Windows Username: SYSTEM > > > > The output paused for about 30 seconds after the first line printed, and > > before the second line printed. > > Right, here's whats happening: > SYSTEM doesn't belong to any network groups - it's local only, but > Cygwin is trying to find out it's network data - such as the home > domain. > > Cygwin spawned/forked/execed process's can inherit that data in the > cygwin heap IIRC. Which is why no delay is seen - it's been optimised > away. But there would be a 30 second delay firing up bash. > > As for why the 30 second delay in the first place, what's your system > config: > Are you a member of a win2k AD or an NT4 domain? > Are you running NBT? > Are you running NTLM? > Are you running the Server process? > Are you running the workstation process? > > Cheers, > Rob > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/