On Jun 1 13:22, Brian Keener wrote: > I realize that login is not the normal mode of access for most Cygwin users > and > that most use simply the cygwin.bat to start one of the shells. I have my > cygwin.bat set to run login.exe which then runs the appropriate shell based > on > the login I use - actually it starts several login sessions and depending on > the login I use (each unique to Cygwins passwd file ) it will run a different > shell (IE briank runs bash, briankt runs tcsh, briankz runs zsh). > > This also keeps some one who sits down at my machine from accidentally > accessing my cygwin install without knowing one of my logins or passwords. > > Up until 1.5.15-1 this worked perfectly and with 1.5.15-1 and since this has > changed. Login runs but no matter what login or password I use - I am told > it > is an incorrect login. Simply rolling back to 1.5.14-1 corrects this and all > works as expected. I notice in the release for 1.5.15-1 > > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2005-04/msg00022.html > > that there were several security changes (or at least what I perceive to be > security changes) and wonder if this could have affected my use of login. Or > was the fact my use of login worked a fluke and that has since been > corrected.
There were a couple of security changes in recent releases. What about 1.5.17? Does it solve your problem? I just tried using login using my own account and it works correctly. You should carefully inspect your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files because recent changes are more sensitive to wrong entries, especially in relation to group settings. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- 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/
