On Fri, 1 Aug 2003, Hugo Bouckaert wrote: > Hi > > How can you set up cygwin so that Windows domain usernames are being > used, rather than what I have now, which is, at the cygwin prompt: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Note that people are logging into the machine as a domain user, but as > that domain user they are administrator on their local machine. This is > (I think) why cygwin puts [EMAIL PROTECTED]> at the prompt. However, > I would like people to have a cygwin prompt which recognises their > Windows domain username as well as the permissions, so that if they go > into a directory with cygwin (for example a mapped Z drive), the windows > permissions are taken into account when commands are given at the cygwin > prompt. > > How can this be done? > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Hugo
Make sure your /etc/passwd and /etc/group are up to date. Look at the output of "id". If you see either "mkpasswd" or "mkgroup" in that output, try updating both with domain information. Also, make sure that ntsec is on (i.e., your CYGWIN environment variable doesn't contain "nontsec"). Reading <http://cygwin.com/problems.html> would also be useful for general guidelines on reporting problems with Cygwin (in particular, it's a good idea to attach the output of "cygcheck -svr", which, BTW, also includes the output of "id" and the ntsec information). 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/
