multiple users with the same login name problem

multiple users with the same login name problem

[jamie mccrindle]

i've spent some time trying to figure out "permission denied" errors on my
install of cygwin. it turns out that it was having some difficulty with the
fact that my local user name is the same as my domain user name and that
they're different accounts on the machine.

cygwin chose the local user and created the /etc/passwd file accordingly.
however, since i was logged in using my domain login it was throwing
"permission denied" errors. by deleting the entry from my /etc/passwd file
and replacing it with the entry from mkpasswd -d, i solved the problem.

i'm not sure cygwin's behavior was incorrect but it was not obvious from
either the user guide or the faq that this problem could occur and how to
solve it. i used google to search the mail archives but "permission denied"
is such a nebulous error that i couldn't find anything there either.

could you guys add something in the faq about troubleshooting "permission
denied" errors?

i'm not subscribed to cygwin so if you'd like to shout at the newbie, put
caps lock on and reply to this address,

thanks for all your work so far, cygwin is an awesome application,
regards,
jamie mccrindle.



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multiple users with the same login name problem

[David Starks-Browning]

Corinna, can you tell me how /etc/passwd created?  Does it use local
or domain accounts, or does it depend on which account you run "setup"
with?  Then perhaps I can put something in the FAQ about this.

(Sorry, my own /etc/passwd was hand-crafted some time ago, and I don't
have the resources for a new Cygwin install to experiment with.)

Thanks,
David

On Monday 17 Dec 01, jamie mccrindle writes:
> i've spent some time trying to figure out "permission denied" errors on my
> install of cygwin. it turns out that it was having some difficulty with the
> fact that my local user name is the same as my domain user name and that
> they're different accounts on the machine.
> 
> cygwin chose the local user and created the /etc/passwd file accordingly.
> however, since i was logged in using my domain login it was throwing
> "permission denied" errors. by deleting the entry from my /etc/passwd file
> and replacing it with the entry from mkpasswd -d, i solved the problem.
> 
> i'm not sure cygwin's behavior was incorrect but it was not obvious from
> either the user guide or the faq that this problem could occur and how to
> solve it. i used google to search the mail archives but "permission denied"
> is such a nebulous error that i couldn't find anything there either.
> 
> could you guys add something in the faq about troubleshooting "permission
> denied" errors?


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Re: multiple users with the same login name problem

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 11:33:26AM +0000, David Starks-Browning wrote:
> Corinna, can you tell me how /etc/passwd created?  Does it use local
> or domain accounts, or does it depend on which account you run "setup"
> with?  Then perhaps I can put something in the FAQ about this.

Just mkpasswd -l.

Corinna

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