Slowness with cygwin from behind a VPN

Tue Sep 13 14:50:00 GMT 2016

Thanks a lot Marko, this link works fine for me!!
probably the VPN is adding delays in recovering user or group data.
You can try if running cygserver improve the performance:
https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-caching
On 12/09/2016 15:42, ncoif wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>> I've noticed a problem with a specific command on cygwin, but only 
> when executed behind a VPN. I would like to know how to find more 
> information about this problem, and/or how/where to report this 
> potential bug.
>> The following command is taking a lot of time behind a VPN (works fast 
> without the VPN):
> cmd.exe /X /C "git --version"
> Running git --version works equally fast in both cases, so I would 
> guess there is a problem in cmd.exe/cygwin, but I'm not sure. Any 
> suggestion on how to gather more information about the network is 
> welcome.
>> My cygwin version:
> $ uname -r
> 2.6.0(0.304/5/3)
>> My cmd.exe version:
> OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise
> OS Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
>> My git version: 2.8.3
>> Sincerely,
> ncoif
>> PS: This is my first time on this mailing list, so please apologize 
> for my mistakes.

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