On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 07:01:24PM -0800, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > Recently updated to 1.3.18-1 and telnet/rlogin/etc have stopped working. > inetd is running as a service just like before. The problem now is that > I cannot authenticate! No password works: > > $ telnet $(hostname) > Trying 192.168.1.121... > Connected to adefaria.SALIRA.COM. > Escape character is '^]'. > > CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.3.18(0.69/3/2) (adefaria) (tty7) > > login: adefaria > Password: > Login incorrect > login: Connection closed by foreign host. > > Tried several times with what I know is my correct password. When I do > the same telnet to a machine running 1.3.17 it works fine. > > Another interesting thing is: > > $ passwd --status > passwd: unknown user adefaria
So... did you check your passwd and group files? Regenerate them. I have no problems connecting with telnet so it's probably something with these files. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/