Fw: Re: rpcd.exe solved

[Jim McNamara]

Hi all-

I've been testing out stuff like this now 
rsync -av -e "sshpass -p 'pass' ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" /home/user user@dockerip:/cygdrive/c/home/user

i will hook up to keys hopefully soon.

thanks all,
jim




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From: Jim McNamara via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Date: On Sunday, July 28th, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Subject: Fw: Re: rpcd.exe
To: cygwin@cygwin.com <cygwin@cygwin.com>


> Hi-
> 
> The AI really did go nuts like you said.
> I just read the man page for that and
> mkpassword -l isnt cutting it with setting up on win side first.
> 
> I dont know why it told me that. Crazy-town.
> 
> I will think of a command for a second..
> 
> I know what i will do i will create the user
> in windows and then wipe out the context of the
> /etc/passwd and then issue mkpasswd with the
> appropriate switch(es).
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> 
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> From: Jim McNamara via Cygwin cygwin@cygwin.com
> 
> Date: On Sunday, July 28th, 2024 at 8:06 PM
> Subject: Re: rpcd.exe
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com cygwin@cygwin.com
> 
> 
> 
> > Hi -
> > 
> > I dont want to give away your email by replying because I am
> > afraid it won't obfuscate when I reply back.
> > 
> > Thanks for the reply from you and the group!
> > 
> > I'm trying to issue this command
> > 
> > mkpasswd -l rsyncuser >> /etc/passwd
> > 
> > i thought it would append a line to the end of my /etc/passwd file
> > that would indicate that i now have a rsync user.
> > 
> > it malfunctions and doesnt append anything.
> > 
> > I might want to mention when i go to install from the installer at the
> > end of the installer wizard i get this m\sg.
> > 
> > Package: _/Unknown package
> > xinit.sh exit code 3
> > 
> > I dont know why mkpasswd is not working in this syntax.
> > I am about to add it (passwd file entry) in manually. I changed subjects for a while and
> > I am working on computing again at GMT -4 20:00 Jul 28
> > 
> > What I have accomplished so far is containerized with docker
> > grsync and rsync and forwarded it over x windows to cygwin.
> > It worked well, but they said i have to have a user both in
> > docker and cygwin with the same user and group id.
> > This is a step so that I can use rsync part of the app.
> > Then i can escalate with grsync gui with advanced commands of
> > rsync and sudo into a directory where i need elevated privileges.
> > I am also working on ssh with all this in the meantime but leaving
> > some of that off for now.
> > 
> > I am setting up this special container up as part of my "workbench" to work
> > on apache royale by spinning up docker containers with custom
> > PhP extensioins.
> > 
> > So, i just dont know at the moment about this mkpasswd and
> > what i did wrong.
> > 
> > I will keep after it.
> > 
> > P.S. i might mention that the AI gives a killer tutorial on
> > windows permissions. It teaches to do chmod on mingw
> > which doesnt have that command like cygwin via icalcs,
> > but so doens't Brian and he is not any AI ;-)
> > 
> > thanks for any help,
> > jim
> > 
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> > On Sunday, July 28th, 2024 at 7:11 PM, _ _ robainloynet@gmail.com wrote:
> > 
> > > Hey,
> > > 
> > > Welcome to the community!
> > > 
> > > To further help you with your problem, could you explain what are you trying to do ?
> > > 
> > > For context, rpcd is a program who is responsible for Remote Procedure Call on linux based system.
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure what did you ask Chat GPT but you should know that A.I. is not a source of true.
> > > 
> > > Have a good day !
> > > 
> > > Le dim. 28 juil. 2024, 22:16, Jim McNamara via Cygwin cygwin@cygwin.com a écrit :
> > > 
> > > > Hi the old chatgpt 3.5 thinks rpcd.exe is in inetutils package. Is it still available. It says I need it to run mkpasswd.
> > > > 
> > > > I ran the python script python3 ./rpc_bapahbah.py
> > > > 
> > > > it listens on 8000
> > > > 
> > > > but it cant install rpcd.exe when i get to that step with cygrunserv cmd.
> > > > 
> > > > I think it is because it is missing rpcd.exe as in
> > > > 
> > > > find / -name "rpcd.exe" equals zed.
> > > > 
> > > > thanks,
> > > > jim
> > > > 
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