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Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:40:18 -0500
From:	"Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>
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To:	Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: security.cc: bug report, question and suggestion
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"Corinna Vinschen" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 07:46:03PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:

> > Entry in passwd (note Cygwin name != Windows name)
> > exim:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:1005:daemon,U-PHumblet\Mail,S-1-5-21-21273915
> > 03-1594901184-99485923-1002:/h
> > ome/Mail:/bin/bash
> >
> > /> cygrunsrv -I test -u mail -e CYGWIN=ntsec -p /a.exe
> > Enter password of user `.\mail':
> > Reenter, please:
> > /> cygrunsrv -S test
> > /> head /var/log/test.log
> > CYGWIN = ntsec USERNAME = UNDEF UID = 500 GID = 513 PID = 619  <==INCORRECT UID/GID
> 
> Operator error.  -u expects the Cygwin user name, not the Windows
> user name (it's a Cygwin application...).  The wrong UID is caused
> by your aforementioned observation that the getpwuid/getgrgid
> functions always return a default value :-(

Corinna, I just checked on NT. cygrunsrv accepts Cygwin and Windows
user names equally well and produces an incorrect UID if they differ.

Pierre

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