From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 87373 invoked by alias); 31 May 2017 16:34:47 -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 87362 invoked by uid 89); 31 May 2017 16:34:46 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,PLING_QUERY,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=moreover, administration, Mapping, H*F:D*nl X-HELO: lb3-smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net Received: from lb3-smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net (HELO lb3-smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net) (194.109.24.30) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 31 May 2017 16:34:45 +0000 Received: from tmp.LlVAXWEYeK ([83.162.234.136]) by smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net with ESMTP id T4al1v00F2xEdKF014amLE; Wed, 31 May 2017 18:34:46 +0200 Date: Wed, 31 May 2017 19:52:00 -0000 Message-ID: <3379afa6b42f91b1cc23cada04ce40b6@smtp-cloud3.xs4all.net> From: Houder To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: openssh: privilege separation no longer supported on Cygwin? SURPRISE! References: <37b863f6-ce5c-ef13-569f-8044fe485075@gmail.com> <20e2702ca3837f5d54c558f8e786c717@xs4all.nl> <262615c8cf6e134cedf97b0280c4a68f@smtp-cloud2.xs4all.net> <592E1C49.6020202@cygwin.com> <38be07babbfc69d5ccea67afe6f92794@smtp-cloud2.xs4all.net> <28f7eeae-ed40-9837-53bc-d2d6a33ad5a7@gmail.com> <353243559c68bf1200675e2dc13c3d93@smtp-cloud2.xs4all.net> In-Reply-to: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=fixed User-Agent: mua.awk 0.99 X-SW-Source: 2017-05/txt/msg00524.txt.bz2 On Wed, 31 May 2017 10:59:38, cyg Simple wrote: > On 5/31/2017 10:16 AM, Houder wrote: > > On Wed, 31 May 2017 09:27:02, cyg Simple wrote: > > > > [snip] > >> All of this talk of /etc/passwd leads me to point you to > >> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html. > > > > cyg, > > > > Do you want me to study that text a second, third, fourth or Xth time ...? > > > > Yes, especially section > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping where it > explains that /etc/passwd and /etc/group are now deprecated and it's use > is for backward compatibility and that you should be using > /etc/nsswitch.conf[1] instead. Have you attempted this? > > [1] https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch Actually, that text reads: = Mapping Windows SIDs to POSIX uid/gid values: * Read /etc/passwd and /etc/group files if they exist, just as in the olden days, mainly for backward compatibility. ----- It does not stipulate that these files are no longer supported ... Corinna did not dare to proclaim them "deprecated". Do I use the file /etc/nsswitch.conf? Yes, certainly. As shown in: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2017-05/msg00456.html (see bottom of post) Do you want me to drop /etc/{passwd,group} files. Yes, you do. I will not. Moreover, it is completely irrelevant from a logical point of view whether /etc/{passwd,group) or AD is used to maintain the "network administration". Regards, Henri -- 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