group names in /etc/passwd, ssh root login & more

group names in /etc/passwd, ssh root login & more

[Uwe Mayer]

Hallo,

the cygwin user guide says its a feature that groups can be the owner
of files. can somebody tell me why this is so when you can set the
group attributes accordingly?
also in linux you have a group "root" and a user "root". if both occur
in your /etc/passwd file sshd won't allow "root" to login. :(
only workaround i have is calling the "group root" admin instead of
root.
i find this very disturbing...

any comments?

Ciao
Uwe                          mailto:merkosh@planet-interkom.de
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Re: group names in /etc/passwd, ssh root login & more

[Max Bowsher]

Uwe Mayer wrote:
> Hallo,
> 
> the cygwin user guide says its a feature that groups can be the owner
> of files. can somebody tell me why this is so when you can set the
> group attributes accordingly?

Because that's how Windows works.

Max.


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