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Re: system account files mystery
- From: dsacks <dennis at calico-consulting dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:44:31 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: system account files mystery
- References: <7626013.post@talk.nabble.com>
fyi, this is all about trying to get sshd to accept incoming connections. I
want to use winscp into my xp box to move files.
I am very confused about what password sshd would use - does it use windows
authentication or does it expect to find passwords in /etc/passwd? Can I
choose?
Thanks!!
dsacks wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've used cygwin before, but for the first time I did mkpasswd and mkgroup
> and got it so that when go to a cygwin prompt, my id actually shows as my
> windows username and I end up in /home/myusername. Woohoo.
>
> wait, if I try to vi /etc/sshd_config now I cannot write it, because it is
> owned by SYSTEM and has restrictive rights.
>
> How do I edit system files now? I don't really grok the permission world
> in cygwin and how unixy permissions and users map to windows.
>
> Another thing worth mentioning, I am running windows xp sp2 and it is part
> of a domain. I am a domain user. I am also a member of Administrators on
> the computer.
>
> Help?
>
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