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Re: Windows98 + inetutils


> >> Also, as far as remote logins are concerned (obviously it will be for mere
> >> personal use) how is this controlled?  Can I simply just setup an
> >> /etc/passwd, and /etc/group file, and when inetd is setup it will accept
> >> logins using the passwd file?
> >
> >Yep. The login program called by in.telnetd look up valid users in the
> >/etc/passwd file.
>
> But it gets the password from the NT SAM !

yes, it does on NT. But since I'm on an Win98 box, I'm using a patched login.c
file in my case.

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Stipe Tolj <tolj@uni-duesseldorf.de>
Cygwin32 Porting Project
Department of Economical Computer Science
University of Cologne, Germany
http://www-public.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de/~tolj



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