1. rcp permission denied 2. passwd : unknown user

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 09:34:29PM +0800, Isabella Lau wrote:
> Description:
> The description for Event ID (0) in Source (rshd) cannot be found. THe local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. The following information is part of the event: rshd: Win32 Process Id=0xAE4 : Cygwin Process Id=0x394: testadm@Server_two.domainname.com as testadm: permission denied (.rhosts writeable by other than owner). cmd='rcp -f /net/test.sh
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> - Mode of .rhost in /home/testadm 666

The above description says it all: ".rhosts writeable by other than owner".

chmod 600 ~/.rhosts

> 2. For another problem, I can change password of testadm in Server_one (i.e. domain user), but not in Server_two
> 
> $ passwd 
> $ passwd : unknown user testadm
> 
> I would like to know how to solve these problems. Thanks for your kindly help.

Change the password using the NT user manager.  That works always.

Corinna

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