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Re: sshd: fatal: seteuid XXX : No such device or address

From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
To: davek at 6thstreetradio dot org
Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:27:07 +0100
Subject: Re: sshd: fatal: seteuid XXX : No such device or address
References: <011a01d4da5a$96247330$c26d5990$@giraudbtp.com> <20190314121034.GG3785@calimero.vinschen.de> <014e01d4da69$965ee650$c31cb2f0$@giraudbtp.com> <576975390.20190314171124@yandex.ru> <810acffd-be27-e722-3924-7adb7435506c@gmail.com>
Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com

On Mar 14 10:24, David Dombrowsky wrote:
> On 3/14/19 10:11 AM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> > Please remove /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. They are no longer necessary,
> > unless you have some very special needs, and even then, they only needed for
> > that one or two accounts you need special treatment for.
> > 
> 
> Wait what?  What about all the standard unix programs that use those
> files to determine UID and all that?  Since when can we blow away
> /etc/passwd and /etc/group on a cygwin install?

Since 2014.

https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html


Corinna

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References:
- sshd: fatal: seteuid XXX : No such device or address
  - From: renaud.rolles
- Re: sshd: fatal: seteuid XXX : No such device or address
  - From: Corinna Vinschen
- RE: sshd: fatal: seteuid XXX : No such device or address
  - From: renaud.rolles
- Re: sshd: fatal: seteuid XXX : No such device or address
  - From: Andrey Repin
- Re: sshd: fatal: seteuid XXX : No such device or address
  - From: David Dombrowsky

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