SSHd configuration problems (System error 1376)

Larry Hall (Cygwin) reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com
Tue Dec 30 17:14:00 GMT 2014


On 12/29/2014 11:27 PM, Houder wrote:
>> If you were really running in an elevated shell, I don't know why 544
>> didn't show up in the output of "id -G".
>>
>> Ken
>
> Because Ilya's /etc/group file has a line that reads:
>
> root:S-1-5-32-544:0:
>
> in stead of:
>
> Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544:
>
> ?
>
> Put differently, he has copied an old group file from another computer?

Well, that wouldn't be why 544 didn't show up in the output of "id -G"
if the shell was elevated but root showing up in either of the passwd
or group files is a key indicator that the file was modified by something
other than mkpasswd and mkgroup at one point in the past, yes.


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Larry

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