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November 04, 2005

Information about installing MySQL and DBD::MySQL on Cygwin

search.cpan.org: INSTALL - How to install and configure DBD::mysql

The trick is, once installed, it needs to be run thus:

cd /usr/local/mysql/bin ./mysql -h 127.0.0.1

Posted by pj at 02:01 PM

Setting up ProFTPd as a Windows service under Cygwin

In order to run ProFTPd as a Windows service under Cygwin the following needs to be set in the /etc/proftpd.conf file:

# Set the user and group under which the server will run.
User                            SYSTEM
Group                           Administrators

# To cause every FTP user to be "jailed" (chrooted) into their home
# directory, uncomment this line.
DefaultRoot ~

The server can then be run as a service:

cygrunsrv --install proftpd \
          --path /usr/sbin/proftpd.exe \
          --args "--nodaemon" \
          --type manual \
          --disp "CYGWIN proftpd" \
          --desc "ProFTPd FTP daemon"

Then it needs to be run:

cygsrunsrv --start proftpd

Posted by pj at 09:19 AM

November 02, 2005

How to add new users in Cygwin for SFTP access

In Windows, under Control Panel \ Administrative Tools \ Computer Management add a new user. If our new user is thingy

In cygwin as Administrator, type:

mkpasswd -l | grep thingy >> /etc/passwd

This adds a line to the passwords file for the new user.

You can then go in and change the user's home directory entry to the folder you wish them to access via sftp.

Posted by pj at 05:17 PM