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Re: Passwords
- To: "cygwin at cygwin dot com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: Passwords
- From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:26:56 +0100
- References: <3A6852AE.B688BEE@lightbridge.com>
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:43:58AM -0500, Louis Bohm wrote:
> Maybe I am not getting it but where is the password stored in
> /etc/passwd. Or is it not stored there?
>
> I am trying to figure out what password login.exe wants when I
> telnet in. If I use passwd to set my passwd I noticed that the
> passwd file does not get updated nor does it set the passwd so I
> can use login.exe.
On NT/W2K the passwords are stored in the NT user database.
You can use login.exe only from an account which has the
appropriate user rights as described in
/usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README
Corinna
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