> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pavel Tsekov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 7:52 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: WinXP users without password and cygwin_logon_user
>
>
> Hello, there! :)
>
> I want to raise this issue again... In short
> on my WinXP Home cygwin_logon_user fails to log
> users without password set (or empty passwords - I dont know
> which is correct to be said). Is this a known issue ? The
> failed Win32 API is LogonUser. I red the MSDN docu on this
> API but it was of no help at all... I've tried several
> different ways to call LogonUser but to no avail:(
>
> This issue affects the instructions in the inetutils README
> file which say that to run anonymous ftp you either have to
> use Guest or create an account without password named (or
> mapped) ftp. Still Guest is allowed without pass by
> LogonUser, but not any other accounts...
There is a policy setting - prevent logons with blank passwords except
for console users. You could try flipping that and see what happens.
Rob
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