> On 11/2/2012 12:41 PM, Cameron Gunnin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've been struggling with this for the past week to no avail. As the > > title suggests, if I am logged in under a user that is not the user > > who installed Cygwin (regardless of the user's windows permissions), > > then I cannot modify near anything outside of /home/<user>/. Here's > > what I'm trying to get working. > > > > 1a) Install Cygwin as a Local Administrator. Run "mkpasswd -l > > > /etc/passwd" and "mkgroup -l > /etc/group" > > Why are you running mkpasswd and mkgroup yourself? passwd-grp.sh > postinstall script runs this for you, including adding a '-c' > flag to pick up the local user. >
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see (nor can find) a passwd-grp.sh script. I searched the entire Cygwin folder and did not find it. A brief search on the cygwin site didn't turn anything up either. Could you point me in the right direction? > > OR (I would prefer 1a, but 1b is acceptable as well) > > 1b) Install Cygwin as Domain Administrator. Run "mkpasswd -d > > > /etc/passwd" and "mkgroup -d > /etc/group" > > > > 2) Login as Domain User (has administrative privileges on local > > machine AND can access the AD). > > NOTE: At this point, I get the message: > > > > Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that your > > gid is not in /etc/group and your uid is not in /etc/passwd. > > > > The /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) 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. > > > > 3) Attempt to run "mkpasswd -d >> /etc/passwd" and "mkgroup -d >> > > /etc/group" > > However, I get the message: > > > > $ mkpasswd -d >> /etc/passwd > > -sh: /etc/passwd: Permission Denied > > Run it as the local or domain administrator that you used while installing. > > > -- > Larry Cygwin is going to eventually be ran by domain users only. The current process was to install cygwin under the local administrator, run mkpasswd/mkgroup -l, then image it. When the domain user first logged on, they would run mkpasswd/mkgroup -d, but it's giving them the error message above (Permission Denied) to append to the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. I was trying to find out why. Thanks, - Cameron Gunnin On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Cameron Gunnin <imisn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 11/2/2012 12:41 PM, Cameron Gunnin wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I've been struggling with this for the past week to no avail. As the >> > title suggests, if I am logged in under a user that is not the user >> > who installed Cygwin (regardless of the user's windows permissions), >> > then I cannot modify near anything outside of /home/<user>/. Here's >> > what I'm trying to get working. >> > >> > 1a) Install Cygwin as a Local Administrator. Run "mkpasswd -l > >> > /etc/passwd" and "mkgroup -l > /etc/group" >> >> Why are you running mkpasswd and mkgroup yourself? passwd-grp.sh >> postinstall script runs this for you, including adding a '-c' >> flag to pick up the local user. >> > > Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't see (nor can find) a passwd-grp.sh > script. I searched the entire Cygwin folder and did not find it. A brief > search on the cygwin site didn't turn anything up either. Could you point > me in the right direction? > >> > OR (I would prefer 1a, but 1b is acceptable as well) >> > 1b) Install Cygwin as Domain Administrator. Run "mkpasswd -d > >> > /etc/passwd" and "mkgroup -d > /etc/group" >> > >> > 2) Login as Domain User (has administrative privileges on local >> > machine AND can access the AD). >> > NOTE: At this point, I get the message: >> > >> > Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that your >> > gid is not in /etc/group and your uid is not in /etc/passwd. >> > >> > The /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) 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. >> > >> > 3) Attempt to run "mkpasswd -d >> /etc/passwd" and "mkgroup -d >> >> > /etc/group" >> > However, I get the message: >> > >> > $ mkpasswd -d >> /etc/passwd >> > -sh: /etc/passwd: Permission Denied >> >> Run it as the local or domain administrator that you used while >> installing. >> >> >> -- >> Larry > > Cygwin is going to eventually be ran by domain users only. The current > process was to install cygwin under the local administrator, run > mkpasswd/mkgroup -l, then image it. When the domain user first logged on, > they would run mkpasswd/mkgroup -d, but it's giving them the error message > above (Permission Denied) to append to the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. > I was trying to find out why. > > Thanks, > - Cameron Gunnin > -- 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
