On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Jeff Cramlet wrote: > When installing cygwin, the following accounts get included in the > /etc/passwd file, and I am a bit curious about them: > > Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0:: > SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:: > > Why are they created, and what are the side effects of removing them from > /etc/passwd? I looked around in the FAQ's, and could not find anything on > this. > > Thanks in advance for the assist!
Jeff, "Everyone" is a group. Windows allows for files to be owned by groups, which are then treated as users. The side effect of removing this entry from /etc/passwd is that you won't be able to get correct access to files owned by the "Everyone" group from Cygwin tools. "SYSTEM" is the Cygwin name for a built-in Windows account used to run services (a.k.a. "LocalSystem"). Removing it from /etc/passwd will result in being unable to setup services (such as sshd, inetd, cron, etc.). For more information, read <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html>. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
