From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31587 invoked by alias); 14 Mar 2019 15:29:41 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 31579 invoked by uid 89); 14 Mar 2019 15:29:41 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=HX-Languages-Length:777, recovering, H*UA:Outlook, H*x:Outlook X-HELO: mail2.giraudbtp.com Received: from mail2.giraudbtp.com (HELO mail2.giraudbtp.com) (89.90.219.1) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:29:40 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail2.giraudbtp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 416831C086E for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:29:38 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=giraudbtp.com; h= content-language:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding:content-type :content-type:mime-version:message-id:date:date:subject:subject :in-reply-to:references:to:from:from; s=dkim; t=1552577377; x= 1553441378; bh=bYTSe3IlGTaXFu96pstjfsj6eXx7pktQAsogJe0BblY=; b=T +//q5U9hPdiezu1MnyKdGVvZrw74g887KF6IG5YEfhLmNgdaQuUhDcCtdQHTD+/h w4ULBInBF+aL4L/DlgnbEEyYenzGTzbEBc9r+IZ+gsvsVNTdSiGwGpWpc+8vXW9x x05W23FSCMFPZO6wwwlFfww9tIoC6awf9MBQoarOh0= X-Amavis-Modified: Mail body modified (using disclaimer) - mail.tls.giraudbtp.com Received: from mail2.giraudbtp.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.tls.giraudbtp.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id pqKutRl1Fnjt for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:29:37 +0100 (CET) Received: from DESKTOP705EUDC (unknown [192.168.10.192]) by mail2.giraudbtp.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id CD6321C086D for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:29:36 +0100 (CET) From: To: References: <011a01d4da5a$96247330$c26d5990$@giraudbtp.com> <20190314121034.GG3785@calimero.vinschen.de> <014e01d4da69$965ee650$c31cb2f0$@giraudbtp.com> <576975390.20190314171124@yandex.ru> <018f01d4da73$97704ac0$c650e040$@giraudbtp.com> <1365721707.20190314175652@yandex.ru> In-Reply-To: <1365721707.20190314175652@yandex.ru> Subject: RE: sshd: fatal: seteuid XXX : No such device or address Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 15:29:00 -0000 Message-ID: <01a001d4da7a$bb7f1480$327d3d80$@giraudbtp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2019-03/txt/msg00377.txt.bz2 > As for why, Administrator is the only local account with super-user > permissions that is guaranteed to exist. Windows uses it in case something > gone REALLY wrong, such as AD database recovery procedures. > > It is easy enough to enable a locked account with offline tools, if your system > gone into such disrepair, that you can no longer even boot it, and need a > LiveCD to login to local SAM environment. > But recovering a lost Administrator password is a nontrivial endeavor, and > chances to brind system into a working state without complete reinstall are > diminishing rather quick. Ok, I will do it, I didn't think of that, thanks for sharing. Thank you the list, you have been really helpfull. Renaud -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple