Re: handling invalid user/groups (was incompat in cygwin choice of using '+' as domain and user separator.)

2018-09-05 Thread L A Walsh
On 9/5/2018 1:03 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: No, I deliberately removed it from the released version to tease you. Meanie!!! :-) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

Odd email symptoms (was Re: handling invalid user/groups)

2018-09-05 Thread L A Walsh
Thanks for your reply, it's not so much a problem for me, just that when I have some email problem, I often need someone else to point it out to me, as from my perspective, everything is working fine! :-) On 9/5/2018 4:30 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: Greetings, L A Walsh! p.s. -- some "FYI"

Re: handling invalid user/groups (was incompat in cygwin choice of using '+' as domain and user separator.)

2018-09-05 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, L A Walsh! > p.s. -- some "FYI" stuff about your email: > when i respond to one of your emails, I get two (2) > "To:" entries -- both to cygwin@cygwin.com. > I think it might be because the emails from you contain > two 'Mail-Followup-To:' lines -- see

Re: handling invalid user/groups (was incompat in cygwin choice of using '+' as domain and user separator.)

2018-09-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Sep 4 13:08, L A Walsh wrote: > On 8/27/2018 10:26 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On 8/27/2018 3:50 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > The only sane way to handle unknown SIDs in file ACLs is to ignore them > > entirely. The result will be that you never see them in getfacl, nor > > will they

Re: handling invalid user/groups (was incompat in cygwin choice of using '+' as domain and user separator.)

2018-09-04 Thread L A Walsh
On 8/27/2018 10:26 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: On 8/27/2018 3:50 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: The only sane way to handle unknown SIDs in file ACLs is to ignore them entirely. The result will be that you never see them in getfacl, nor will they be stored by tar or rsync. They are just not

Re: Failed password for invalid user

2017-03-07 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mar 6 09:48, jesus san miguel wrote: > Hi Andrey, > > Thanks for your answer, but I am using password-less authentication > too (with public/private keys), so /etc/password is necessary, isn't > it? No! Who told you that? As long as you use the user account name the way it's called in

Re: Failed password for invalid user

2017-03-07 Thread Corinna Vinschen
0(0.306/5/3) 2017-02-12 13:13 i686 Cygwin > > The error I get in windows log is "Failed password for invalid user > administrator" > > > Thanks in advance, > Jesus OpenSSH checks the username case-sensitive! So, depending on the order in /etc/passwd you can logi

Re: Failed password for invalid user

2017-03-07 Thread cyg Simple
On 3/6/2017 4:22 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: > Greetings, jesus san miguel! > >> Besides, user alias "miabuela" is working as expected. Why shouldn't >> "administrator" alias work as well? > > That's the worst idea I've heard since morning. > It's a legacy idea to allow different users control a

Re: Failed password for invalid user

2017-03-06 Thread Andrey Repin
367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash >>> administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash >> >>> #Administrator@SSFE009W2012 /etc >>> $ uname -a >>> CYGWIN_NT-6.3-WOW

Re: Failed password for invalid user

2017-03-06 Thread jesus san miguel
nistrator@SSFE009W2012 /etc >> $ uname -a >> CYGWIN_NT-6.3-WOW SSFE009W2012 2.7.0(0.306/5/3) 2017-02-12 13:13 i686 Cygwin > >> The error I get in windows log is "Failed password for invalid user >> administrator" > > Cygwin plugs directly into Windows SAM

Re: Failed password for invalid user

2017-03-03 Thread Andrey Repin
ministrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash > #Administrator@SSFE009W2012 /etc > $ uname -a > CYGWIN_NT-6.3-WOW SSFE009W2012 2.7.0(0.306/5/3) 2017-02-12 13:13 i686 Cygwin > The error I get in

Failed password for invalid user

2017-03-03 Thread jesus san miguel
nistrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash #Administrator@SSFE009W2012 /etc $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.3-WOW SSFE009W2012 2.7.0(0.306/5/3) 2017-02-12 13:13 i686 Cygwin The error I get in windows log is "Failed password for invalid user administrator&qu

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-17 Thread David Picton
* From: Robert Peaslee peasleer at gmail dot com * To: cygwin at cygwin dot com * Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:19:18 -0400 * References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thrall, Bryan wrote: Yes, WinXP stores your username twice (Full name and User Name) and Cygwin uses the hidden one

Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Keith Mitchell
Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e., usernames that have been CHANGED using the XP user manager to new usernames. This

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 04:19:35PM -0400, Keith Mitchell wrote: Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e., usernames that have been

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Gustavo Seabra
Keith Mitchell wrote: Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e., usernames that have been CHANGED using the XP user manager to new

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Robert Peaslee
Keith Mitchell wrote: Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e., usernames that have been CHANGED using the XP user manager to new

RE: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Thrall, Bryan
Robert Peaslee wrote on Friday, March 16, 2007 3:53 PM: Windows XP stores the first username you choose and will associate your current username to it regardless of what you change it to. Cygwin stores nothing, it is asking Windows what your username is and getting a response of what Windows

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Robert Peaslee
Thrall, Bryan wrote: Yes, WinXP stores your username twice (Full name and User Name) and Cygwin uses the hidden one (User Name), but I'm pretty sure you don't have to reinstall XP to change it! IIRC, you can change the username from Control Panel-User Accounts-Advanced tab-Advanced

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Robert Peaslee (Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:52:40 -0400) Actually, this information is incorrect. Windows XP stores the first username you choose and will associate your current username to it regardless of what you change it to. Cygwin stores nothing, it is asking Windows what your username is

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 10:49:36PM -, Thorsten Kampe wrote: * Robert Peaslee (Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:52:40 -0400) Actually, this information is incorrect. Windows XP stores the first username you choose and will associate your current username to it regardless of what you change it to.

Re: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-15 Thread Larry Hall (Cygwin)
changed the names eliminating the spaces. I do not know where CygWin found a list of those old and obsolete user names containing spaces, but it did find them somewhere. (probably in the registry). And it used them. My question. How can I purge those old and now invalid user names so CygWin uses

Re: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-15 Thread Igor Peshansky
in place before I changed the names eliminating the spaces. I do not know where CygWin found a list of those old and obsolete user names containing spaces, but it did find them somewhere. (probably in the registry). And it used them. My question. How can I purge those old and now invalid user

Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-14 Thread Keith Mitchell
eliminating the spaces. I do not know where CygWin found a list of those old and obsolete user names containing spaces, but it did find them somewhere. (probably in the registry). And it used them. My question. How can I purge those old and now invalid user names so CygWin uses only the current, correct

invalid user?

2002-10-05 Thread Uwe Mayer
Hallo, I installed sshd as 'cygrunsrv -I sshd -p /usr/sbin/sshd -a -D -d' - which worked. The server starts (cygrunsrv -S sshd) properly. Then I tried to connect: ssh localhost -l Uwe Mayer Where Uwe Mayer is my regular W2k login. The following is what was printed to the /var/log/sshd.log: