Problem with POSIX cmd line tools

[Brian]

I recently had to do a backup / restore on a w2k
workstation. After the restore my posix utilites (cat,
ls, grep, ect) will not work.

The error I receive is:
"usage: posix /c <path> [<args>]"

If i try to issue the command via the posix program I get
these errors:

C:\Program Files\Resource Kit Full\apps\posix>posix /c ls
posix: cannot start process

C:\Program Files\Resource Kit Full\apps\posix>posix /c //C
posix: cannot start process


my posix.exe, psxdll.dll, and psxss.exe are present in my %
system32& direcotry.

my HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\SubSystems\Optoinal has REG_MULTI_SZ "Os2 Posix"
in it

and \susbsytems\posix has the psxss.exe path in it.

Any Clues would be welcome!

 

[Marty List]

I recently had to do a backup / restore on a w2k
workstation. After the restore my posix utilites (cat,
ls, grep, ect) will not work.

The error I receive is:
"usage: posix /c <path> [<args>]"

If i try to issue the command via the posix program I get
these errors:

C:\Program Files\Resource Kit Full\apps\posix>posix /c ls
posix: cannot start process

C:\Program Files\Resource Kit Full\apps\posix>posix /c //C
posix: cannot start process


my posix.exe, psxdll.dll, and psxss.exe are present in my %
system32& direcotry.

my HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\SubSystems\Optoinal has REG_MULTI_SZ "Os2 Posix"
in it

and \susbsytems\posix has the psxss.exe path in it.

Any Clues would be welcome!

Just some generic suggestions:

Are there any related errors in the event logs? Turn on auditing and see if
you're getting any failures or access is denied entries.

 

[Razvan Cosma]

I recently had to do a backup / restore on a w2k
workstation. After the restore my posix utilites (cat,
ls, grep, ect) will not work.

Not a solution to your exact problem, but if you need posix tools and/or
API Cygwin (http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/) is a much better tool.
HTH

 

[Brian]

Nothing is being logged in to the event logged, I have all
auditing events being logged, it's just not generating any
errors. I seem to remebr something regarding environment
varibles required, have tried setting the TERM, TZ, ENV
varibles to appropriate entries, but still no luck.

-----Original Message-----

I recently had to do a backup / restore on a w2k
workstation. After the restore my posix utilites (cat,
ls, grep, ect) will not work.

The error I receive is:
"usage: posix /c <path> [<args>]"

If i try to issue the command via the posix program I get
these errors:

C:\Program Files\Resource Kit Full\apps\posix>posix /c ls
posix: cannot start process

C:\Program Files\Resource Kit Full\apps\posix>posix /c //C
posix: cannot start process


my posix.exe, psxdll.dll, and psxss.exe are present in my %
system32& direcotry.

my HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\SubSystems\Optoinal has REG_MULTI_SZ "Os2 Posix"
in it

and \susbsytems\posix has the psxss.exe path in it.

Any Clues would be welcome!

Just some generic suggestions:

Are there any related errors in the event logs? Turn on auditing and see if
you're getting any failures or access is denied entries.



.

 

[Brian]

Perhaps my PATH was just getting too long, I moved the
posix ustils to C:\posix and now they are workign
again..odd

Thank you,