Cygwin
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Troubleshooting Cygwin
- Look for multiple copies of the cygwin DLL cygwin1.dll. Removes all copies that are not in the cygwin install directory (usually c:\cygwin).
- List of interfering software:
- NoMachine NX Client - installs a custom version of the Cygwin DLL which can cause multiple interferences:
- Cygwin crashes when multiple instances are launched.
- Running cygwin commands (like ls) in a NT command shell when another instance of cygwin is running creates application error (Memory cannot be "read").
- setup.exe fails because it runs several instances of bash.
- SysInternals' Process Monitor
- All back-quoted commands or $() commands in scripts fail until Windows is restarted
- NoMachine NX Client - installs a custom version of the Cygwin DLL which can cause multiple interferences:
Adding Users
Create the user in Windows User Management first, then use command mkpasswd to add it to Cygwin environment.
$ net user <username> <password> /add /yes
$ net localgroup <an_local_group> <username> /add
$ mkpassd -l -u <username> >> /etc/passwd