Hi, I had a question about this statement:
"Since your user is a domain user, you need to use the '-d' flag indicated above in both commands." I am a domain user, and when I try to use the -d flag, cygwin just hangs. I'm not sure why..? On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only...@cygwin.com> wrote: > On 09/23/2009 11:01 AM, Dave M wrote: >> >> Dave, >> >> I checked that readme file. Um, I am not sure what it is telling me, it >> is not really laid out step by step. I think it would be more useful if I >> read >> it from the bottom to the top. But still, I THINK I did everything it >> suggested. I had run ssh-host-config before, today I ran ssh-user-config >> and >> made SYSTEM the owner of /var/empty and checked the permissions on the >> sshd_server account (the host-config script had set them correctly, I >> didn't >> have to do anything to the account privileges). > > SYSTEM is the proper owner for XP and W2K. For later WIndows versions, it's > cyg_server. See ssh-host-config and related scripts for all the details. > Since it's > not possible to know what you've done in the process of playing around with > this, > you'll need to manually check all the permissions and ownerships of files > mentioned > in the scripts to make sure they are set as they are supposed to be. This > is why > using the scripts is highly recommended. It's allot less work and > error-prone. ;-) > > <snip> > >> Also, every time I log in to the bash shell, I get this: >> Your group is currently "mkgroup". This indicates that >> the /etc/group (and possibly /etc/passwd) files should be rebuilt. >> See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run >> mkpasswd -l [-d]> /etc/passwd >> mkgroup -l [-d]> /etc/group >> Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users. >> I have run: >> mkpasswd -l> /etc/passwd >> mkgroup -l> /etc/group >> Both successfully (in that order) and the contents of those files "look" >> right, but I still keep getting that message. I don't know if this is >> related or not. > > Since your user is a domain user, you need to use the '-d' flag indicated > above in > both commands. > > -- > Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com > RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX > Holliston, MA 01746 > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > A: Yes. >> Q: Are you sure? >>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
