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Date:	Fri, 19 Jan 2001 11:41:08 -0500
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To:	Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Passwords
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:43:58AM -0500, Louis Bohm wrote:
> > Maybe I am not getting it but where is the password stored in
> > /etc/passwd.  Or is it not stored there?
> >
> > I am trying to figure out what password login.exe wants when I
> > telnet in.  If I use passwd to set my passwd I noticed that the
> > passwd file does not get updated nor does it set the passwd so I
> > can use login.exe.
> 
> On NT/W2K the passwords are stored in the NT user database.
> You can use login.exe only from an account which has the
> appropriate user rights as described in
> 
>         /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README
> 

Perhaps a `ln -s inetutils-1.3.2.README Passwords.README' would help?

Cheers,
Earnie.

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