Re: handling invalid user/groups (was incompat in cygwin choice of using '+' as domain and user separator.)
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 Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Odd email symptoms (was Re: handling invalid user/groups)
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" 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 below**. They are added by list software. Your email client is expected to sort it out and only include unique addresses. It does for most things, but not for 'Mail-Followup-To'. Never seen it on anyone else's email... Even if not, the first MTA you submit your message to should do that. --- Really?... so sendmail should strip off duplicate addresses. I wasn't aware of that. I'll have to try it. Also, I don't get your message included in a response (because it is in a separate attachment. Is that intentional? No, it's your weird mail agent failing to parse a signed email. I see others who sign their email, but hers is the only one that comes through in an attachment. So wondering why her email in particular comes through that way. My "weird" Thunderbird mail agent...h...it may be old, but first time I've heard Tbird called weird. -linda -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: handling invalid user/groups (was incompat in cygwin choice of using '+' as domain and user separator.)
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 below**. They are added by list software. Your email client is expected to sort it out and only include unique addresses. Even if not, the first MTA you submit your message to should do that. > Also, I don't get your message included in a response > (because it is in a separate attachment. Is that intentional? No, it's your weird mail agent failing to parse a signed email. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, September 5, 2018 14:26:34 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: handling invalid user/groups (was incompat in cygwin choice of using '+' as domain and user separator.)
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 be stored by tar or rsync. They are just not there from the > > Cygwin perspective. > --- > Sounds fine to me... > > > I created a patch, uploaded developer snapshots to > > https://cygwin.com/snapshots/ and released a new Cygwin test > > release 2.11.0-0.4 with this change. Please giver any of > > them a try. > > does the latest cygwin also have this patch No, I deliberately removed it from the released version to tease you. > 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 below**. I only add a reply-to. I have no idea where the followup to's are generated. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: handling invalid user/groups (was incompat in cygwin choice of using '+' as domain and user separator.)
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 there from the Cygwin perspective. --- Sounds fine to me... I created a patch, uploaded developer snapshots to https://cygwin.com/snapshots/ and released a new Cygwin test release 2.11.0-0.4 with this change. Please giver any of them a try. does the latest cygwin also have this patch as I wasn't able to duplicate the error case with the newer cygwin (nor the patch you posted earlier). I.e. was trying to make sure I got the error w/o patch, then goes away w/patch, but in this case, either I didn't dup the error or it was in latest version. Hoping it is the latter. Cheers, Linda 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 below**. Also, I don't get your message included in a response (because it is in a separate attachment. Is that intentional? **-(elided header stuff): Received: (qmail 2620 invoked by alias); 27 Aug 2018 17:26:36 - Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help-cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk ... Sender: cygwin-owner-cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-cygwin.com <<< Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin-cygwin.com Received: (qmail 2605 invoked by uid 89); 27 Aug 2018 17:26:35 - Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none ... From: Corinna Vinschen ... Reply-To: cygwin-cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-cygwin.com <<<--- Looks like 1 is added by the list, the other is maybe added by your email client? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Failed password for invalid user
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 Cygwin (`getent passwd ...' is helpful), and as long as you use it case-sensitive when logging in via ssh, you doe't need /etc/passwd. You only need this file to cover special cases like using different names for the same user account. Please have a look into http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html. It's pretty much all explained there. Well, except for the fact that OpenSSH handles the username case-sensitive, but that's an OpenSSH issue, not a Cygwin issue. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Failed password for invalid user
On Mar 3 10:03, jesus san miguel wrote: > I am running cygwin 2.7.0 sshd service under a local cyg_server account. > > I wanted to avoid case sensitive problems by duplicating users in > /etc/passwd, but I find mixed results: > I can login as "Administrator", "MYPC+Administrator" and "miabuela", > but not as "administrator" despite all of them being the same Window > user. > > This is an excerpt of /etc/passwd: > > $ cat /etc/passwd | grep 500 > SSFE009W2012+Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash > miabuela:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash > Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash > administrator:*: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 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 login either with "Administrator" or with "administrator", whatever comes first and matches the user account. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: Failed password for invalid user
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 password to the same uid. Not a bad idea but certainly not a secure one as needed for today. It's still a valid idea depending on what the uid is used for. -- cyg Simple -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Failed password for invalid user
Greetings, jesus san miguel! Please don't top-post in this list. Thank you. > On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@> wrote: And please don't quote raw email addresses. >> Greetings, jesus san miguel! >> >>> I wanted to avoid case sensitive problems by duplicating users in >>> /etc/passwd, >> >> Just delete that file already. >> >>> but I find mixed results: >>> I can login as "Administrator", "MYPC+Administrator" and "miabuela", >>> but not as "administrator" despite all of them being the same Window >>> user. >> >>> This is an excerpt of /etc/passwd: >> >>> $ cat /etc/passwd | grep 500 >>> SSFE009W2012+Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash >>> miabuela:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash >>> Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash >>> administrator:*: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 windows log is "Failed password for invalid user >>> administrator" >> >> Cygwin plugs directly into Windows SAM for years already. >> You're just making it hard for yourself. > Thanks for your answer, but I am using password-less authentication > too (with public/private keys), so /etc/password is necessary, isn't > it? For all that I know, all you need is to save your password for the account you want to login with. > 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. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Monday, March 6, 2017 12:20:25 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Failed password for invalid user
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? Besides, user alias "miabuela" is working as expected. Why shouldn't "administrator" alias work as well? Best, Jesus On Fri, Mar 3, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdae...@yandex.ru> wrote: > Greetings, jesus san miguel! > >> I wanted to avoid case sensitive problems by duplicating users in >> /etc/passwd, > > Just delete that file already. > >> but I find mixed results: >> I can login as "Administrator", "MYPC+Administrator" and "miabuela", >> but not as "administrator" despite all of them being the same Window >> user. > >> This is an excerpt of /etc/passwd: > >> $ cat /etc/passwd | grep 500 >> SSFE009W2012+Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash >> miabuela:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash >> Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash >> administrator:*: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 windows log is "Failed password for invalid user >> administrator" > > Cygwin plugs directly into Windows SAM for years already. > You're just making it hard for yourself. > > > -- > With best regards, > Andrey Repin > Friday, March 3, 2017 16:47:15 > > Sorry for my terrible english... > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Failed password for invalid user
Greetings, jesus san miguel! > I wanted to avoid case sensitive problems by duplicating users in > /etc/passwd, Just delete that file already. > but I find mixed results: > I can login as "Administrator", "MYPC+Administrator" and "miabuela", > but not as "administrator" despite all of them being the same Window > user. > This is an excerpt of /etc/passwd: > $ cat /etc/passwd | grep 500 > SSFE009W2012+Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash > miabuela:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash > Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash > administrator:*: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 windows log is "Failed password for invalid user > administrator" Cygwin plugs directly into Windows SAM for years already. You're just making it hard for yourself. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, March 3, 2017 16:47:15 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Failed password for invalid user
I am running cygwin 2.7.0 sshd service under a local cyg_server account. I wanted to avoid case sensitive problems by duplicating users in /etc/passwd, but I find mixed results: I can login as "Administrator", "MYPC+Administrator" and "miabuela", but not as "administrator" despite all of them being the same Window user. This is an excerpt of /etc/passwd: $ cat /etc/passwd | grep 500 SSFE009W2012+Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash miabuela:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash Administrator:*:197108:197121:U-SSFE009W2012\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3863157116-1840367147-1613345037-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash administrator:*: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 windows log is "Failed password for invalid user administrator" Thanks in advance, Jesus -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
* 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 (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 button-Users-right click on the user and select Rename. You might need to be Administrator to do this, though (and it only works for local users, so if you're on a domain, you need to contact the domain admin). There's a slight problem here. I have XP, but I can't see an Advanced tab in the User Accounts window. It lacks all advanced functionality, so I use the Computer Management window as described below: I no longer have XP installed, but found the same can be done in Vista by opening the computer management window (Right click on my computer - manage ), expanding the Local Users and Groups tree, and clicking on Users. Then the instructions are the same as Bryan's, right click on the user and hit 'rename' to set a new username. This does change the real username, and the change will take effect in Cygwin once the password file has been rebuilt using mkpasswd (or updated by hand). (However, it should be noted that the user's profile in Documents and Settings is not renamed). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
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 problem occurred as a result of my changing all my usernames with spaces to usernames without spaces to make them Linux compatible. I wanted to thank all for the responses. After many reinstallations of CygWin, I finally identified the problem and got things working. This is just a bug report documenting my discoveries and what I believe is going on. 1. A virgin install of CygWin makes a list of all user names on the system. This list is reflected in /etc/passwd after any reinstall. I am guessing this list is stored in the Windows XP registry as this list does not exist on the drive where CygWin is installed, in my case, the D drive. This list is NEVER updated on subsequent CygWin installs. This is the REAL problem: no updates on subsequent installs. 2. Subsequent installations of CygWin utilize the aforementioned out of date username list, even though those usernames have been changed and are no longer valid 3. My problems occurred as a result of a conflict between the list of original usernames that are no longer valid created by the first virgin install of CygWin and usernames that currently valid after user manager changes. This registry entry (or whatever the source of the invalid usernames) entry needs either to either be purged before or updated as a result of subsequent CygWin installs. Again thanks to all. Keith Mitchell -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
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 CHANGED using the XP user manager to new usernames. This problem occurred as a result of my changing all my usernames with spaces to usernames without spaces to make them Linux compatible. I wanted to thank all for the responses. After many reinstallations of CygWin, I finally identified the problem and got things working. This is just a bug report documenting my discoveries and what I believe is going on. 1. A virgin install of CygWin makes a list of all user names on the system. This list is reflected in /etc/passwd after any reinstall. I am guessing this list is stored in the Windows XP registry as this list does not exist on the drive where CygWin is installed, in my case, the D drive. This list is NEVER updated on subsequent CygWin installs. This is the REAL problem: no updates on subsequent installs. Just in case it isn't clear: *Cygwin* does not store a list of usernames in the registry. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
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 usernames. This problem occurred as a result of my changing all my usernames with spaces to usernames without spaces to make them Linux compatible. I wanted to thank all for the responses. After many reinstallations of CygWin, I finally identified the problem and got things working. This is just a bug report documenting my discoveries and what I believe is going on. 1. A virgin install of CygWin makes a list of all user names on the system. This list is reflected in /etc/passwd after any reinstall. I am guessing this list is stored in the Windows XP registry as this list does not exist on the drive where CygWin is installed, in my case, the D drive. This list is NEVER updated on subsequent CygWin installs. This is the REAL problem: no updates on subsequent installs. 2. Subsequent installations of CygWin utilize the aforementioned out of date username list, even though those usernames have been changed and are no longer valid 3. My problems occurred as a result of a conflict between the list of original usernames that are no longer valid created by the first virgin install of CygWin and usernames that currently valid after user manager changes. This registry entry (or whatever the source of the invalid usernames) entry needs either to either be purged before or updated as a result of subsequent CygWin installs. Again thanks to all. Keith Mitchell Hi Keith, In the end, you didn't mention HOW you solved the problem... BTW, I had one problem with WinXP a lng time ago that could be related to that. I don't remember the details anymore, but the point is that after changing a username in WindowsXP, apparently the changes were made only on the outside, meaning that I would see a different name but, internally, windows would still use the old one. Maybe what you are describing is really related to the way Windows handles the username changes, not Cygwin. (You can notice how much I know about that stuff, right :-) ) Gustavo. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
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 usernames. This problem occurred as a result of my changing all my usernames with spaces to usernames without spaces to make them Linux compatible. I wanted to thank all for the responses. After many reinstallations of CygWin, I finally identified the problem and got things working. This is just a bug report documenting my discoveries and what I believe is going on. 1. A virgin install of CygWin makes a list of all user names on the system. This list is reflected in /etc/passwd after any reinstall. I am guessing this list is stored in the Windows XP registry as this list does not exist on the drive where CygWin is installed, in my case, the D drive. This list is NEVER updated on subsequent CygWin installs. This is the REAL problem: no updates on subsequent installs. 2. Subsequent installations of CygWin utilize the aforementioned out of date username list, even though those usernames have been changed and are no longer valid 3. My problems occurred as a result of a conflict between the list of original usernames that are no longer valid created by the first virgin install of CygWin and usernames that currently valid after user manager changes. This registry entry (or whatever the source of the invalid usernames) entry needs either to either be purged before or updated as a result of subsequent CygWin installs. Again thanks to all. Keith Mitchell 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 and getting a response of what Windows tells it. I can't verify this right now, but I do believe that if you navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\ you should find that your old usernames still exist in place of your new usernames. That should be verification that it is Windows that is acting strangely, and is not a Cygwin problem. You can get around this by either reinstalling XP and setting up new usernames that are correct from the start, creating new users completely (not changing the names of existing users) and migrate your personal information to the new user profiles, or finally, just get used to typing quotes around your usernames or escaping the spaces when using Cygwin. --Robert Peaslee -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
RE: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
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 tells it. I can't verify this right now, but I do believe that if you navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\ you should find that your old usernames still exist in place of your new usernames. That should be verification that it is Windows that is acting strangely, and is not a Cygwin problem. You can get around this by either reinstalling XP and setting up new usernames that are correct from the start, creating new users completely (not changing the names of existing users) and migrate your personal information to the new user profiles, or finally, just get used to typing quotes around your usernames or escaping the spaces when using Cygwin. 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 button-Users-right click on the user and select Rename. You might need to be Administrator to do this, though (and it only works for local users, so if you're on a domain, you need to contact the domain admin). Also, as someone already said, it is trivial to replace the names-with-spaces in the /etc/passwd file with names that have no spaces, as long as you don't mess with the SID. -- Bryan Thrall FlightSafety International [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
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 button-Users-right click on the user and select Rename. You might need to be Administrator to do this, though (and it only works for local users, so if you're on a domain, you need to contact the domain admin). Also, as someone already said, it is trivial to replace the names-with-spaces in the /etc/passwd file with names that have no spaces, as long as you don't mess with the SID. That is good information to have. Thanks for your reply, Bryan. I no longer have XP installed, but found the same can be done in Vista by opening the computer management window (Right click on my computer - manage ), expanding the Local Users and Groups tree, and clicking on Users. Then the instructions are the same as Bryan's, right click on the user and hit 'rename' to set a new username. --Robert Peaslee -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
* 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 and getting a response of what Windows tells it. Cygwin asks Windows at first install about the user names and creates /etc/passwd. The problem is (or can be) that this list never gets updated even if the user names change or new user are added. As Keith wrote: Subsequent installations of CygWin utilize the aforementioned out of date username list, even though those usernames have been changed and are no longer valid. The secret is to run mkpasswd -l -c /etc/passwd and mkgroup -l -c /etc/group Also you have to run this if you're in a domain (because Cygwin retrieves only the local user names, not the domain names). Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
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. Cygwin stores nothing, it is asking Windows what your username is and getting a response of what Windows tells it. Cygwin asks Windows at first install about the user names and creates /etc/passwd. The problem is (or can be) that this list never gets updated even if the user names change or new user are added. As Keith wrote: Subsequent installations of CygWin utilize the aforementioned out of date username list, even though those usernames have been changed and are no longer valid. The secret is to run mkpasswd -l -c /etc/passwd and mkgroup -l -c /etc/group Also you have to run this if you're in a domain (because Cygwin retrieves only the local user names, not the domain names). Given that the OP admitted to wiping out his whole Cygwin installation, I think it's a safe bet that he wiped out and regenerated his /etc/passwd. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
Keith Mitchell wrote: In am running Windows XP SP2. I was having trouble with applications running under CygWin because I originally had spaces in my user names. I changed all the user names on my system, eliminating all the spaces in the user names. I then rebooted the computer just in case. Nothing changed. I then deleted my whole CygWin installation and reinstalled everything fresh from the web from scratch. Things were still broken in the same way!! I checked /etc/passwd file. All the user names were wrong. The user names were the same old user names I had 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 names so CygWin uses only the current, correct, and valid user names, user names without spaces? Cygwin gets its information from Windows. Make sure none of the user names (local or on any workgroup/domain) that you want to use has spaces under Windows. Alternatively, you can go and edit the /etc/passwd file to change the user names that you want to use. Don't change SID though. That's necessary to tie back into Windows. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _ A: Yes. Q: Are you sure? A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Keith Mitchell wrote: In am running Windows XP SP2. I was having trouble with applications running under CygWin because I originally had spaces in my user names. I changed all the user names on my system, eliminating all the spaces in the user names. I then rebooted the computer just in case. Nothing changed. I then deleted my whole CygWin installation and reinstalled everything fresh from the web from scratch. Things were still broken in the same way!! I checked /etc/passwd file. All the user names were wrong. The user names were the same old user names I had 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 names so CygWin uses only the current, correct, and valid user names, user names without spaces? Your /etc/passwd was generated when you installed Cygwin, and wasn't regenerated since, so did not pick up the changes in your usernames. If you have not edited it, you can simply regenerate it using mkpasswd (see man mkpasswd or the appropriate section of the Cygwin User's Guide for details). Alternatively, as Larry said, you can just edit that file and fix up the usernames, which are in the first column. Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_[EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`'-. ;-;;,_Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose... -- Janis Joplin -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
In am running Windows XP SP2. I was having trouble with applications running under CygWin because I originally had spaces in my user names. I changed all the user names on my system, eliminating all the spaces in the user names. I then rebooted the computer just in case. Nothing changed. I then deleted my whole CygWin installation and reinstalled everything fresh from the web from scratch. Things were still broken in the same way!! I checked /etc/passwd file. All the user names were wrong. The user names were the same old user names I had 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 names so CygWin uses only the current, correct, and valid user names, user names without spaces? Thanks. Keith Mitchell -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
invalid user?
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: Connection from 127.0.0.1 port 1605 [..snip..] debug1: attempt 0 failures 0 input_userauth_request: illegal user Uwe Mayer Failed none for illegal user Uwe Mayer from 127.0.0.1 port 1605 ssh2 debug1: userauth-request for user Uwe Mayer service ssh-connection method publickey debug1: attempt 1 failures 1 Failed publickey for illegal user Uwe Mayer from 127.0.0.1 port 1605 ssh2 debug1: userauth-request for user Uwe Mayer service ssh-connection method keyboard-interactive debug1: attempt 2 failures 2 debug1: keyboard-interactive devs debug1: auth2_challenge: user=Uwe Mayer devs= debug1: kbdint_alloc: devices '' Failed keyboard-interactive for illegal user Uwe Mayer from 127.0.0.1 port 1605 ssh2 debug1: userauth-request for user Uwe Mayer service ssh-connection method password debug1: attempt 3 failures 3 Failed password for illegal user Uwe Mayer from 127.0.0.1 port 1605 ssh2 debug1: userauth-request for user Uwe Mayer service ssh-connection method password debug1: attempt 4 failures 4 Failed password for illegal user Uwe Mayer from 127.0.0.1 port 1605 ssh2 debug1: userauth-request for user Uwe Mayer service ssh-connection method password debug1: attempt 5 failures 5 Failed password for illegal user Uwe Mayer from 127.0.0.1 port 1605 ssh2 Connection closed by 127.0.0.1 debug1: Calling cleanup 0x41c9c0(0x0) debug1: Calling cleanup 0x41c9c0(0x0) ... what does illegal user mean? Doesn't it like the space in my login name? Is there any way arround it? My guess is that even supplying an alternative to the /etc/passwd file (i.e. U-uwe) won't permit me to login as ssh localhost -l uwe or? Can somebody please help me here? Thanks in advance Uwe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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/
