From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 54227 invoked by alias); 15 May 2015 00:47:44 -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 54216 invoked by uid 89); 15 May 2015 00:47:43 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtp-fr.alcatel-lucent.com Received: from fr-hpida-esg-01.alcatel-lucent.com (HELO smtp-fr.alcatel-lucent.com) (135.245.210.20) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Fri, 15 May 2015 00:47:42 +0000 Received: from us70tusmtp2.zam.alcatel-lucent.com (unknown [135.5.2.64]) by Websense Email Security Gateway with ESMTPS id 20524E6E15185 for ; Fri, 15 May 2015 00:47:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from US70TWXCHHUB03.zam.alcatel-lucent.com (us70twxchhub03.zam.alcatel-lucent.com [135.5.2.35]) by us70tusmtp2.zam.alcatel-lucent.com (GMO) with ESMTP id t4F0lbxQ029878 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=FAIL) for ; Thu, 14 May 2015 20:47:37 -0400 Received: from US70UWXCHMBA04.zam.alcatel-lucent.com ([169.254.12.164]) by US70TWXCHHUB03.zam.alcatel-lucent.com ([135.5.2.35]) with mapi id 14.03.0195.001; Thu, 14 May 2015 20:47:38 -0400 From: "Kertz, Denis (D)** CTR **" To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: Should password file entries show as machine+user Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 06:52:00 -0000 Message-ID: <883F2CBBC85A62419E181EB2F0ECF21F45DC614A@US70UWXCHMBA04.zam.alcatel-lucent.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-SW-Source: 2015-05/txt/msg00171.txt.bz2 We have a new desktop PC with Windows 7 Professional installed.=A0 Corporat= e IT had to set it up with a domain to allow access to the corporate intran= et.=A0 We have installed cygwin 64-bit: $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.0.2(0.287/5/3) 2015-05-08 17:00 x86_64 Cygwin On initial access, there was no passwd file so it was created by:=A0 mkpass= wd -l >/etc/passwd Checking the passwd file, we were surprised to see the login entry as +login: +Upar:*:197609:197121:U-\Upar,S-1-5-21-3464461866= -3395066926-2135031952-1001:/home/Upar:/bin/bash -------------- Running mkpasswd with -l -d or -l -c options gives the same results. We compared this with an older but identical desktop model also running Win= 7 Pro with cygwin 64-bit $ uname -a CYGWIN_NT-6.1 1.7.32(0.274/5/3) 2014-08-13 23:06 x86_64 Cygwin and its password entry is just plain login (no +): Upar:unused:1000:513:U-\Upar,S-1-5-21-2470246883-414681431= -158823764-1000:/home/Upar:/bin/bash ---- So far it isn't obvious there is anything wrong here.=A0 We have been able = to setup cron (using /usr/bin/cron-config).=A0 Initially, cron failed and /= usr/bin/cronevents said it couldn't switch user context.=A0 Checking the Wi= n7 services.msc showed Cron was setup to use the local system account.=A0 W= hen we changed that to use the above login (copying the setup of the older = PC) a simple cron job worked. Nevertheless, we are uneasy with this +user entry since it differs= from the older PC/cgwin setup.=A0 It is also rather annoying that file per= missions (ls -l) show both the owner and the group prefixed with += and which clutter the output. Anybody know whether this should be a concern (we can live with the clutter= ed file permissions if that is the only issue)?=A0 Could it be the later ve= rsion of gywin (2.0.2 vs 1.7.32) is the reason for this difference?=A0 Or c= ould the corporate IT have messed up the configuration and there is somethi= ng we need to get fixed (if so, what)? Denis Kertz -- 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