Re: system account files mystery

Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted. On Sat, 2 Dec 2006, dsacks wrote: > Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote: > > > > dsacks wrote: > >> fyi, this is all about trying to get sshd to accept incoming > >> connections. I want to use winscp into my xp box to move files. > >> > >> I am very confused about what pas

Re: system account files mystery

http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/system-account-files-mystery-tf2733714.html#a7660562 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscrib

Re: system account files mystery

dsacks wrote: No, that didn't occur to me - and it seems to work. How does the permission system work?! -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton R

Re: system account files mystery

dsacks wrote: fyi, this is all about trying to get sshd to accept incoming connections. I want to use winscp into my xp box to move files. I am very confused about what password sshd would use - does it use windows authentication or does it expect to find passwords in /etc/passwd? Can I choose?

Re: system account files mystery

http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/system-account-files-mystery-tf2733714.html#a7627966 Sent from the Cygwin Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscrib

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g, I am running windows xp sp2 and it is part > of a domain. I am a domain user. I am also a member of Administrators on > the computer. > > Help? > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/system-account-files-mystery-tf2733714.html#a7627528 Sent from the Cygwin Users m

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dsacks calico-consulting.com> writes: > > > wait, if I try to vi /etc/sshd_config now I cannot write it, because it is > owned by SYSTEM and has restrictive rights. > > How do I edit system files now? I don't really grok the permission world in > cygwin and how unixy permissions and users map

system account files mystery

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