At 02:59 PM 9/18/2004, you wrote: <snip>
>Gosh this is irritating. I did not intentionally send 'mime type >"text/html"'. Ok, fixed that annoying Outlook default "feature". Do >you recommend Mozilla Thuderbird? <sic>. Sure do! :-) >------------------------------------------ > >From: Koskie, Sarah >Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 1:10 PM >To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR> >Subject: FW: problems with new installation, followon to my questions of >Sept 14, 20:22 > >Ok, I tried to send the output of cygcheck as an attachment, but your >mailer refused it. I have included it at the end of the message. Please don't do that. If you attach a file with the simple text output of 'cygcheck -srv', the list's mailer will pass it through just fine. <snip> >In /etc/passwd, there are the following "users": SYSTEM, >Administrators, HelpAssistant, ntguest, SUPPORT_388945a0, testman in >addition to me. Since no one but me is supposed to be using cygwin, and >our computer services people certainly aren't going to help support it, >should I delete some of these users, and if so, what is the appropriate >procedure? Leave this stuff as is. If you feel you must make a change here, SYSTEM and Administrators are required users for Windows, so I don't recommend deleting them. The rest are peculiar to your environment. But *all* of these users are Windows users. If you don't want any or all to show up under Cygwin, your best bet is to remove them via Windows and regenerate your '/etc/passwd' (mkpasswd -l >/etc/passwd) and '/etc/group' (mkgroup -l >/etc/group). >Are there any other security related issues I should know about? I have >to assume that cygwin as installed is safe until I have time to look >into it, so I am hoping that my faith is not misplaced. Strange that you should ask this question now, since you admit to using Cygwin prior to all this and apparently this wasn't a concern then. No matter. See the FAQ entry: How secure is Cygwin in a multi-user environment? <http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC78> -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- 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/
