sshd: solution to the SID change problem ?

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Dec  2 12:50, Ludovic Drolez wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Since I do not want to update '/etc/passwd' each time the SID changes 
> (sysprep deployment for example), I wanted to know if I can modify my 
> /etc/passwd like this:
> 
> Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:544:544:U-Administrator,S-1-5-32-544:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash
> 
> Or assign any other well know SID to the user ? S-1-5-18 ?
> 
> Sshd seems to work well, but does it have any side effects on cygwin and 
> windows?

You can hurt your /etc/passwd as you like as long as it works.  It
won't affect native Windows apps usually, unless you make some bad
mistake which allows everybody to run under admin or even SYSTEM rights.
Just keep in mind, if something unwanted happens, it's all your fault ;-)


Corinna

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