* passwd -R? @ 2016-03-10 20:57 Alex P 2016-03-10 23:35 ` Andrey Repin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Alex P @ 2016-03-10 20:57 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin Hello All! How do I check that "passwd -R" worked correctly? I get error messages in Event Viewer when I run it as user (vs "As Administrator"). Regards, Alex P. -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: passwd -R? 2016-03-10 20:57 passwd -R? Alex P @ 2016-03-10 23:35 ` Andrey Repin 2016-03-11 0:11 ` Erik Soderquist 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Andrey Repin @ 2016-03-10 23:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alex P, cygwin Greetings, Alex P! > How do I check that "passwd -R" worked correctly? > I get error messages in Event Viewer when I run it as user (vs "As > Administrator"). You must use it with elevated privileges. Else it wouldn't work at all. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Friday, March 11, 2016 02:21:30 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: passwd -R? 2016-03-10 23:35 ` Andrey Repin @ 2016-03-11 0:11 ` Erik Soderquist 2016-03-11 13:47 ` Alex P 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Erik Soderquist @ 2016-03-11 0:11 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin; +Cc: Alex P On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote: > Greetings, Alex P! > >> How do I check that "passwd -R" worked correctly? >> I get error messages in Event Viewer when I run it as user (vs "As >> Administrator"). > > You must use it with elevated privileges. Else it wouldn't work at all. From https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/passwd.html "If normal, non-admin users should be allowed to enter their passwords using passwd -R, it's required to run cygserver as a service under the LocalSystem account before running passwd -R. This only affects storing passwords. Using passwords in privileged processes does not require cygserver to run." So without the cygserver running, 'passwd -R' is expected to fail unless it is running in a privileged shell; if you want it to work without a privileged shell, you have to have the cygserver running as a service under the LocalSystem account. -- Erik -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: passwd -R? 2016-03-11 0:11 ` Erik Soderquist @ 2016-03-11 13:47 ` Alex P 2016-03-11 13:53 ` Marco Atzeri 0 siblings, 1 reply; 5+ messages in thread From: Alex P @ 2016-03-11 13:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Erik Soderquist, cygwin I do have cygserver running as "Local System". My original issue is that cron stopped working after domain user password reset. Stopped as - it worked fine before. My first stop was to reset password with "passwd -R", but it did not fix my cron problem - not running as user (member of local Administrators group - getting error in Event Viewer), not elevated ("As Administrator"). I suspect some security policies were modified (machine is part of domain), but I don't know what to check. Thanks for weighing in. AlexP. On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Erik Soderquist <ErikSoderquist@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru> wrote: >> Greetings, Alex P! >> >>> How do I check that "passwd -R" worked correctly? >>> I get error messages in Event Viewer when I run it as user (vs "As >>> Administrator"). >> >> You must use it with elevated privileges. Else it wouldn't work at all. > > From https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/passwd.html > > "If normal, non-admin users should be allowed to enter their passwords > using passwd -R, it's required to run cygserver as a service under the > LocalSystem account before running passwd -R. This only affects > storing passwords. Using passwords in privileged processes does not > require cygserver to run." > > So without the cygserver running, 'passwd -R' is expected to fail > unless it is running in a privileged shell; if you want it to work > without a privileged shell, you have to have the cygserver running as > a service under the LocalSystem account. > > -- Erik -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
* Re: passwd -R? 2016-03-11 13:47 ` Alex P @ 2016-03-11 13:53 ` Marco Atzeri 0 siblings, 0 replies; 5+ messages in thread From: Marco Atzeri @ 2016-03-11 13:53 UTC (permalink / raw) To: cygwin On 11/03/2016 14:47, Alex P wrote: > I do have cygserver running as "Local System". > > My original issue is that cron stopped working after domain user > password reset. Stopped as - it worked fine before. > > My first stop was to reset password with "passwd -R", but it did not > fix my cron problem - not running as user (member of local > Administrators group - getting error in Event Viewer), not elevated > ("As Administrator"). > > I suspect some security policies were modified (machine is part of > domain), but I don't know what to check. > > Thanks for weighing in. > AlexP. > look editrights settings inside /usr/share/csih/cygwin-service-installation-helper.sh Regards Marco -- 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 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 5+ messages in thread
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