user problem

Corinna Vinschen corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com
Tue Apr 6 10:11:00 GMT 2004


On Apr  6 10:55, Alex Scott wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I have used mkpasswd -d to make a /etc/passwd file.
> 
> But when I try to chown a file with my domain user the ownerships are not
> changing???

You don't have the NT user rights necessary to perform chown.

> Also when I try to su to that user my password is not being accepted, but
> it should be the same as the one I use for windows???

su can't work.  Use ssh/sshd.

Corinna

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