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Re: Password prompts for remote system echoing and not attaching


On 29 August 2012 19:02, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 8/29/2012 12:58 PM, Mike Casile wrote:
>>
>> New install of latest cygwin (CYGWIN_NT-6.1-WOW64 1.7.16(0.262/5/3)
>> 2012-07-20
>> 22:55) on a new Windows 7 system. When I do ftp <host>  it prompts for
>> uid, then
>> prompts for pw (normal).  Problem is, password echoes on the screen ...
>> and then
>> it hangs and connection is never made.  If I do ftp -s:<script> <host> ...
>> and
>> the script starts with uid/pw ... it all runs fine. Same with pscp.  With
>> putty,
>> no problem because putty gets control and prompts for uid/pw itself.  I am
>> thinking this is a config fat-finger on my part ... but I am out of my
>> depth.
>
>
> You have two alternatives here:
>
>   1. Install the inetutils package so you're using the Cygwin FTP client
>      (or pick an alternative Cygwin package offering your favorite FTP
>       client).
>
>   2. Continue to use the Windows FTP client but only do so from a shell
>      prompt started from cmd.exe (i.e. no Mintty, xterm, etc).

Again: cmd.exe and console windows are different things. Invoking
bash.exe (or tcsh.exe, or zsh.exe, or ...) directly from an Explorer
shortcut or the Run dialog or whatever will work just fine, with
Windows automatically creating a console window for it. No cmd.exe
needed there.

Andy

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