how to set a passwd for a user

Hello: I did a mkpasswd -d , grepped for my username and added that line to /etc/passwd file. The passwd shows up as "unused_by_nt/2000/xp". How do I set the passwd? rmalghan:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11904:10513:Malghan, Ravi,U-STERLING\rmalghan,S-1-5-21-357909863-1982466852-483988704-

RE: how to set a passwd for a user

ax Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 7:55 AM To: Malghan, Ravi; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to set a passwd for a user Malghan, Ravi wrote: > Hello: I did a mkpasswd -d , grepped for my username > and added that line to /etc/passwd file. The pa

xinetd/ftpd not able to login.

11904:10513:Malghan, Ravi,U-STERLING\rmalghan,S-1-5-21-357909863-1982466852-483988704-1904:/home/ rmalghan:/usr/bin/bash = Also when I start xinetd from the prompt with no arguments, it dies immediately. But when I use -d argument, it runs fine. Is there someother way I shou

RE: sshd, ftpd telnetd starts, but says incorrect passwd

Please let me know if anybody responds to you. I think it's something very simple and I have been searching all over the mailing lists and have only seen questions but no answers for this problem. Thanks Ravi -Original Message- From: Nandini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, Feb

RE: sshd, ftpd telnetd starts, but says incorrect passwd

elnetd all the time via inetd. Ensure your /etc/passwd and /etc/group are up to date. HTH Don Sharp "Malghan, Ravi" wrote: > > Please let me know if anybody responds to you. I think it's something very > simple and I have been searching all over the mailing lists and

cygrunsrv points to incorrect path

Hi: I am trying to run Apache as a service cygrunsrv.exe -I "CYGWIN apache" -p /usr/sbin/httpd.exe -t manual But when I go to Services and look at the properties of this service, under "Path to executable" it says C:\cygwin\bin\cygrunsrv. Shouldn't this says C:\cygwin\usr\sbin\httpd.exe ? As a

RE: Can't start inetd

Jim: Hope you logged out of ur system and logged back in for the new environment variables to take effect. Ravi -Original Message- From: Jim Peng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:00 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Can't start inetd Can someone help me wi