Due to various problems on my system, I have recreated /etc/group and /etc/passwd by
mkpasswd -l -c >/etc/passwd mkgroup -l -c >/etc/group Now ssh does not work anymore: I always get the error message "You don't exist, go away!" The error occurs only in Cygwin windows which I opened *after* I had recreated passwd and group. By comparing what the working and the non-working case, I see that by recreating /etc/passwd, my uid had changed: # Before recreating /etc/passwd $ id uid=400(fischron) gid=401(mkpasswd) groups=544(Administrators),545(Users),10513(mkgroup_l_d),401(mkpasswd) # After recreating /etc/passwd $ id uid=121833(fischron) gid=10513(mkgroup_l_d) groups=544(Administrators),545(Users),10513(mkgroup_l_d) I guess that the change in uid causes ssh to not to recognize me anymore. What's the best way to deal with this situation? Do I have to recreate id_rsa and id_rsa.pub (and redistribute my public key to all sites I need access to)? Ronald -- Ronald Fischer Infineon Technologies AG IT BT CFS IKM Tel: +49 89 234 81643 Fax +49 89 234 27850 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***** VISIT US AT: <http://www.infineon.com> ***** -- 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/
