| >>> It turns out that these files are being served up with a fake domain
| >>> name "D1" (because our Unix server isn't part of a Windows domain).
| >>> When I log in I am authenticated against a real domain "D2". As a
| >>> result, "D2\kjt" cannot access files whose permissions are set for
| >>> "D1\kjt". There doesn't seem to be any way of influencing the choice of
| >>> fake domain name "D1", so I need a client-side solution.
|
| > The fact remains that I'm stuck with a 2.5 year old version of CygWin.
| > I've described the problem in two posts, but haven't managed to find a
| > solution. Since the above is evidently a non-starter, have you any idea
| > how to get round this problem? Alternatively, what changed in this area
| > with CygWin 1.5.18-2? Thanks for your time.
| Wait, are you saying it still works if you revert your cygwin DLL?
That's right. I continue to use CygWin 1.5.18-1 and it works fine with our
network file server. Every CygWin update since then doesn't ("permission denied"
on the network share).
| I was
| assuming something must have changed on your server since that version was
| released, but maybe your server is actually configured to give read access
| to world/none, and the checking actually is being done at the cygwin end?
The network file server reports appropriate Windows permissions for D1\kjt. I
think the problem is that I'm authenticated as D2\kjt, and that user isn't
allowed to access files with permissions for D1\kjt.
| If that's the case you might be able to fix it up by fudging your
| /etc/passwd so that it says D1\kjt instead of D2\kjt - the SID will still
| point at D2\kjt in any case.
I've played about with /etc/passwd, domain SIDs, etc. without success. I think I
tried your suggestion at some point, but it's worth revisiting as I've lost
track of the things I've tried over the last couple of years. Thanks again.
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