MS Windows 2k3 domain users issue
Larry Hall (Cygwin)
reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Tue Jul 25 23:22:00 GMT 2006
MyStiC wrote:
>> From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)"
>> It's not clear whether your '/etc/groups' file is up-to-date on your XP
>> machine. Try running 'mkgroup -l -d >/etc/group'. If you have trouble
>
> XP machine is at my office and the w2k3 server is at my residence.
> The 'etc/group' file on the XP box was build local to the machine and
> the domain it is connected to as well as the password file. According
> to the documentation I've seen on this, the client side (connecting
> from) 'group & passwd' files do not 'participate' in the
> authentication to the server. That the 'server side' is unable to
> properly validate the incoming client credentials against the 'server
> side' '/etc/group & /etc/passwd' files.
So you're saying that the user you're connecting to your server with is
in the '/etc/passwd' file on the server and that the '/etc/group' on
that server contains the group specified in the '/etc/passwd' for that
user?
>> doing this, check if you need to specify your domain as well.
>
> Example of SSH connection process:
> SSH ssh_server_domain_name -l username
>
> adding the @ and domain behind the username also does not work.
> Administrators have no problem connecting, but no other users can.
My reference to the domain was relative to generating proper '/etc/passwd'
and '/etc/group' files on your server for the users in question. See
'man mkpasswd' and 'man mkgroup'.
Can a non-domain user connect? Sounds to me like this is a permissions
issue. Have you checked that Cygwin thinks the user has access to his/her
home directory, etc?
You may also find it useful to run a version of the server with
verbosity/debugging turned on so you can see any messages that may get
generated. It's often helpful in these cases.
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