Hmmm, how to fix it. Actually, that was why I pointed "you" (readers of the message) to the chapter on security in the cygwin Users Guide. I finally started to get a grasp on it after reading it 3-4 times....
Anyway, do you have ntsec set as part of CYGWIN? (export CYGWIN=ntsec binmode ......) Oh, where to start after that???? Are you running cygwin's inetd, and starting telnetd/rlogind from there? And, are you configuring/starting them via the 'net start inetd' command? This is necessary to give login the proper privileges to do the context switching to another user. Make sure you run inetd --install-as-service, and reboot after that. Also, make sure you go into NT's service manager, and disable NT's telnet and ftp service. /etc/passwd: first off, generate a fresh /etc/passwd and /etc/group, (mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd; mkgroup -l > /etc/group) and then see if you can telnet/rlogin as userid administrator, using the adminstrator password. Once you can do that, then you can munge /etc/password and /etc/group to allow administrator to actually masquerade as root. Once you have gotten administrator to log on, then you can edit /etc/passwd, and update the administrator row. Don't copy the row and edit a copy. You have to make sure that the SID for administrator is unique. Change the name to root. Change the userid to 0, and the group id to 0. Then edit /etc/group, and (this is what id) look for the group with SID of S-1-5-32-544. Change it's name to root, and it's gid to 0. Then try to telnet into your box, using root as the userid, and the administrators password. HTH, & YMMV, but it's what worked for me. FOn Tue, 20 Nov 2001 17:37:43 +0000, Julien Gilles wrote: >"Mark Paulus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> See, I told you I would forget something important.... Ignore the >> dpkg-source. Just copy off the dpkg.exe and dpkg-deb.exe.... >> >> As far as root, there are several options, depending upon your machine >> architecture. On my winxp and/or Win2K machines, I actually manipulated >> my administrator accounts in /etc/passwd & /etc/group to make them respond as >> root, and then I telnet back to my box, and login as root. On my Win98/ME >> box, I mangled my default account in /etc/passwd and /etc/group so that my >> normal account was always identified as root. You have to create a >> /home/root >> account, but I chose to soft-link /home/root to it's "parent" account >> (administrator, >> default account). >> >> I wish I could help more, but I understand it enough to get my machine to >> accept/work >> with it, but probably not enough to write a definitive guide. >Should be useful... at least for me ! > >I tried, but failed to be root. (I am on Win2K). > >Do I need to create a root user in Win2K ? Or just defining it in >/etc/passwd & /etc/group is enough ? > >I create a /home/root. >In /etc/passwd I copy he line defining Administrator, and just >replace the first field by root, and the home location. >Same thing in /etc/group, using the group Administrators as reference. > >I re-log under bash using the 'login' command, user root and - of >course - the Administrator password, and : > >$ dpkg -i dpkg_1.9.18_w32.deb >dpkg: requested operation requires superuser privilege > >:-( > >-- >Julien Gilles > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
