On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Christophe DELARUE wrote: > Hi cygwinner. > > I try to use cygwin to make remote compilation on a windows machine. I > installed inetd. I've got a problem with my rights (id -a) when I am > on the target hosts named myServerCygwin. They differ when I type my > password or not (auto login). > > > 1) First problem > **************** > > I put in my remote hosts > -------------------- //pchomesrv02/Home$/chrdelar/.rhosts : > -------------------- > myUnixMachine > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > I put in my local host > -------------------- /home/chrdelar/.rhosts : -------------------- > myServerCygwin > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > When I rlogin on myServerCygwin from myUnixMachine, the password is > required. ... seems the //pchomesrv02/Home$/chrdelar/.rhosts is not > viewed > > Once rlogged on the cygwin server, if I rlogin on my Unix machine, no > password is asked. Thus I think the .rhost are well written. > > There is an other login foobar on the myServerCygwin with a home in > /home/foobar ... not on the network. With this login, the rlogin > recognizes the .rhosts and do not ask for a password. > > The inetd service is owned by LocalSystem. > > Why the .rhosts on the network is not recognized ? > > 2) Second problem > ***************** > > Thus I tried an other way to make rsh work without asking password. I > create myServerCygwin:/etc/hosts.equiv and put a line containing > myUnixMachine. > > rlogin myServerCygwin : no password is asked ... Yes Yes yes .. I WON > ... arghhhh > > The rights are not good. (see below rlogin connection trace below). I > check with foobar login. With no /etc/hosts.equiv but a good .rhosts, > the rights are also broken. > > Why are my rights not the same with I rlogin using my password > explicitely and with no password configuration ? > > I put the telnet connection which allow me to have the rights I'd like > to have. > > I spent hours reading docs, surfing web ...
Same problem in both cases. Read all of <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html>, especially the part titled "Switching User Context", carefully. HTH, 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! "The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse..." -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT -- 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/