Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-19 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Bill Stewart! > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 3:48 PM Bill Stewart wrote: >> This means that when I test getent using the name "Admin", Cygwin >> finds the domain group: >> >> PS C:\> getent -w passwd admin >> admin::DOMAINNAME\admin:S-1-5-21-nn-n-n-nn >>

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-19 Thread Bill Stewart
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 8:47 AM Bill Stewart wrote: > (a) Is this correct? > > (b) Is there a particular reason this order was chosen (instead of > local first, then domain, i.e., the usual Windows order)? Please disregard. I forgot the reason was to have the same behavior as the Windows logon

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-19 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 3:48 PM Bill Stewart wrote: > This means that when I test getent using the name "Admin", Cygwin > finds the domain group: > > PS C:\> getent -w passwd admin > admin::DOMAINNAME\admin:S-1-5-21-nn-n-n-nn > > I get that this is by design,

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-18 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 16 18:40, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Feb 16 09:15, Brian Inglis wrote: > > On 2019-02-16 08:33, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > On Feb 16 08:09, Brian Inglis wrote: > > >> On 2019-02-16 02:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > >>> On Feb 15 14:51, Bill Stewart wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-16 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 16 09:15, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2019-02-16 08:33, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Feb 16 08:09, Brian Inglis wrote: > >> On 2019-02-16 02:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >>> On Feb 15 14:51, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:38 PM Brian Inglis wrote: > > Windows

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-16 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2019-02-16 08:33, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Feb 16 08:09, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2019-02-16 02:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >>> On Feb 15 14:51, Bill Stewart wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:38 PM Brian Inglis wrote: > Windows normally allows "." to be used to refer to the local

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-16 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 16 08:09, Brian Inglis wrote: > On 2019-02-16 02:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Feb 15 14:51, Bill Stewart wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:38 PM Brian Ingliswrote: > >> > >>> Windows normally allows "." to be used to refer to the local machine name > >>> in a > >>> domain context

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-16 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2019-02-16 02:45, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Feb 15 14:51, Bill Stewart wrote: >> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:38 PM Brian Ingliswrote: >> >>> Windows normally allows "." to be used to refer to the local machine name >>> in a >>> domain context - can anyone confirm or deny whether this works in

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-16 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 15 14:51, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:38 PM Brian Ingliswrote: > > > Windows normally allows "." to be used to refer to the local machine name > > in a > > domain context - can anyone confirm or deny whether this works in Cygwin or > > with > > getent? > > AFAICT,

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Bill Stewart! >> What is a "typical" order?!? >> >> If you login locally to a domain member machine the default domain is >> the logon domain of this machine. If that's not what you want you have >> to choose the logon domain of your account explicitely, even if it's the >> local

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:32 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: > What is a "typical" order?!? > > If you login locally to a domain member machine the default domain is > the logon domain of this machine. If that's not what you want you have > to choose the logon domain of your account explicitely, even

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:38 PM Brian Ingliswrote: > Windows normally allows "." to be used to refer to the local machine name in a > domain context - can anyone confirm or deny whether this works in Cygwin or > with > getent? AFAICT, the "." shortcut does not work in Cygwin. Regards, Bill

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:32 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > The section that starts with "Let's discuss the SID<=>uid/gid mapping > > first. Here's how it works." states this order: > > It doesn't state an order. It describes the mapping from SID to > uid/gid, and there's *no* order at all to

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2019-02-15 13:59, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:43 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> More specific as the original text? I'm hard pressed to accomplish >> that. Take note of the "domain member machine" property. > I think I see the problem. The list I posted (above the one you

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 15 13:59, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:43 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: > I think I see the problem. The list I posted (above the one you are > apparently referring to) has the search in a different order. I'm not only "apparently referring" to that list, I pasted it

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:43 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: > More specific as the original text? I'm hard pressed to accomplish > that. Take note of the "domain member machine" property. I think I see the problem. The list I posted (above the one you are apparently referring to) has the search in

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Bill Stewart! > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 9:38 AM Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> There's a documented ruleset which is strictly followed >> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-how: > From that reference, we have the following order: [...crap skipped...] > What am I

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 15 13:36, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:29 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > you didn't really read it. Try again. > > Can you be more specific? More specific as the original text? I'm hard pressed to accomplish that. Take note of the "domain member machine"

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:29 PM Corinna Vinschen wrote: > you didn't really read it. Try again. Can you be more specific? Bill -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 15 12:14, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 9:38 AM Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > There's a documented ruleset which is strictly followed > > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-how: > > >From that reference, we have the following order: > > * Well-known

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 9:38 AM Corinna Vinschen wrote: > There's a documented ruleset which is strictly followed > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-how: >From that reference, we have the following order: * Well-known SIDs in the NT_AUTHORITY domain of the S-1-5-RID

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 15 08:34, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:32 AM Sam Edge (Cygwin) wrote: > > > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-how explains > > in more detail. > > I had already read that, and it seems to indicate that it asks the > local machine first, but that

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Andrey Repin
Greetings, Bill Stewart! > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:32 AM Sam Edge (Cygwin) wrote: >> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-how explains >> in more detail. > I had already read that, and it seems to indicate that it asks the > local machine first, but that doesn't seem to

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Brian Inglis
On 2019-02-15 08:34, Bill Stewart wrote: > On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:32 AM Sam Edge wrote: >> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-how explains >> in more detail. > I had already read that, and it seems to indicate that it asks the > local machine first, but that doesn't seem

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Bill Stewart
On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 2:32 AM Sam Edge (Cygwin) wrote: > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-how explains > in more detail. I had already read that, and it seems to indicate that it asks the local machine first, but that doesn't seem to be happening when there's a

Re: Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-15 Thread Sam Edge (Cygwin)
On 14/02/2019 23:47, Bill Stewart wrote: > Consider the case where you have a local account and a domain account > with the same username. > > If you supply just the username to Windows without an authority name, > Windows returns the local account. To get the domain account, you'd > have to

Windows to Cygwin username mapping: Domain before local account when duplicate name?

2019-02-14 Thread Bill Stewart
Consider the case where you have a local account and a domain account with the same username. If you supply just the username to Windows without an authority name, Windows returns the local account. To get the domain account, you'd have to specify an authority (e.g. domain\username). It seems