ntsec

[Corinna Vinschen]

Sorry folks but you both are missing the obvious:

To change the user context in NT/W2K you need special user rights which
are NOT given to Administrator by default. Only LocalSystem (=SYSTEM)
has this rights. Description in /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README.

Corinna

On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 11:01:52PM -0500, Michael Erdely wrote:
> I have not more to add except that I experienced the same problem with
> trying to change the line for Administrator:
> admin::500:544:System
> Administrator,U-Administrator,S-1-5-21-...-500:/home/admin:/bin/bash
> 
> No dice.
> 
> -ME
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Richards" <jeffr@wired.com>
> To: <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 10:52 PM
> Subject: ntsec
> 
> 
> > I just installed Cygwin 1.1.8 on windows 2000 advanced server, and I'm
> > trying to configure ntsec. I have read the login.README as well as a
> number
> > of posts in the mailing list archives, but I still can't seem to get it to
> > work.
> >
> > The server is part of a domain, so I created the /etc/passwd file using
> > mkpasswd -d, then modified the pw_gecos field as directed in the
> > login.README:
> > jeffr::1605:513:jeffr,U-wireddigital\jeffr,S-1-5-21 ...
> :/home/jeffr:/bin/sh
> >
> > I made the /etc/groups file with mkgroup -d, but I didn't modify the
> output.
> > I've set the system variable CYGWIN=ntsec, and I've made sure cygwin1.dll
> is
> > in the system path. Every time I try to execute /bin/login from within the
> > cygwin bash shell, I get this:
> >
> > login: jeffr
> > Password: <my NT domain password>
> > Login incorrect.
> >
> > Am I missing something obvious? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
> >
> >
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