Checked against the Cygwin PBS Torque 2.5 realization. Maui 3.3.1 tested with the stable release Cygwin 1.5.25 on Windows XP Pro and on Windows Server 2003 SE (both 32-bit). Tested with the stable release Cygwin 1.7.5 on 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate. Windows file system must be NTFS!!! Maui needs two Windows users on each host: with Computer administrator privileges and with Limited account. Both users must be password protected. Maui scheduler can run as Cygwin daemon or as Windows service. Run as administrator (right-click) on Windows 7 and similar. ########################### ### Install Cygwin ### ########################### Enter into Windows as user . To install Cygwin 1.5.25 browse to http://cygwin.com/win-9x.html and click the "setup-legacy.exe" link. Download and run setup-legacy.exe. To install Cygwin 1.7.5 (or later) browse to http://cygwin.com and click the "Install Cygwin now" link. Download and run setup.exe. Click through the defaults and under the package selection to select the following packages: autoconf; automake; cygrunsrv; gcc or gcc4; make; vim or mc is desirable. Download and install the default's and selected Cygwin packages. ################################################### ### Start Maui under Cygwin with PBS Torque ### ################################################### Enter into working directory as and execute the following commands: #./configure --with-pbs[=DIR] --with-spooldir=/var/spool/maui/ where DIR - target directory, location of PBS Torque lib dir (as default - /usr/local) #make #make install Open the ports for Maui scheduler in your firewall. Start the Maui: #maui Submit jobs as with Limited account. See jobs information via the Maui showq command and via the Torque qstat command. See more the Maui Documentations. ###################################################### ### Start Maui under Cygwin as Windows service ### ###################################################### Enter into working directory as and execute the following commands: #./configure --with-cygrunsrv --with-pbs[=DIR] --with-spooldir=/var/spool/maui/ #make #make install Set additional privilege in order that user can log on as a service: #editrights -a SeServiceLogonRight -u Use cygrunsrv.exe for install, start, stop and remove services. See more cygrunsrv.exe --help. For example: #cygrunsrv.exe -I maui -p /usr/sbin/maui.exe –u -w Services and privileges are managed via the Windows Control Panel or command line.