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Date:	Fri, 31 Aug 2001 00:13:44 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Problem in using telnet (inetutils-1.3.2-14)
Message-ID:	<20010831001344.B3018@cygbert.vinschen.de>
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 06:26:23PM +0800, Ada BUT wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have installed inetutils-1.3.2-14 to my server (running windows 2000
> advanced server) and followed the readme file to set up and start the
> inetd by administrator.
> 
> I have created a user USER1 and telnet the server using this account.  I
> found that the user become SYSTEM after login.
> 
> CYGWIN_NT-5.0 1.3.2(0.39/3/2) (trynas01) (tty0)
> 
> login: user1
> Password:
> Fanfare!!!
> You are successfully logged in to this server!!!
> 
> SYSTEM AT TRYNAS01 ~
> $ id
> uid=18(SYSTEM) gid=18(SYSTEM)
> groups=0(Everyone),513(None),545(Users),1012(oper),1013(smef)
> 
> SYSTEM AT TRYNAS01 ~
> $ whoami
> SYSTEM
> 
> However, if I touch a file, the file owner will become user1.
> 
> What is the problem?

A problem in the current Cygwin 1.3.2 and/or your /etc/passwd
and /etc/group files. First try to regenerate both files using
mkpasswd and mkgroup. If that doesn't help, try a Cygwin developers
snapshot.

Corinna

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