The password field in /etc/passwd is not used on NT/W2K/W2K3.... Larry
At 03:05 PM 3/15/2004, you wrote: >Thanks for the information. I tried to run mkpasswd, but got the following error >message: > >mkpasswd: [1326] Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password. > >Do I need to be logged in as a domain administrator to execute this successfully? I >tried the above as a local administrator, since I don't have domain administrator >access, and that was the error I got. > >When I logged on as a domain (non-administrator) user and executed the command, I got >an "Access Denied" error message. > >Given that I will need to set a cron job to update the passwd file every few minutes >or so, for when users change their passwords, how can I ensure that this happens? I >could easily do this in unix by just setting a root or system cron job, which would >always execute regardless of who was logged in, but I'm not sure how to do this in >windows and cygwin -- i.e., how to make sure it executes regardless of who is logged >in, and how to make sure cygwin is running in the first place. > >thanks for any help.... > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Matt Berney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 10:51:59 -0800 >Subject: re: windows authentication for cygwin sshd > >Calvin, > >You can update the /etc/passwd file and /etc/group file with the domain users and >groups with the following command: > >cd /etc >/usr/bin/mkpasswd -l -g -d > passwd >/usr/bin/mkgroup -l -d > group > >net stop sshd && net start sshd > >Use 'man mkpasswd' & 'man mkgroup' for help. > >--Matt > > > > > > >-- >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/ -- 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/
