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Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:59:28 -0500 (EST)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To:	Peter Davis <pdavis AT pageflexinc DOT com>
cc:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Aliases no longer defined?
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On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Peter Davis wrote:

> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:57:14 -0500 Rolf Campbell <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com> wrote:
>
> > Peter Davis wrote:
> > > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:15:13 -0500 Rolf Campbell <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com> wrote:
> > >
> > >>Peter Davis wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>I recently switched from Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 to Windows XP.  I
> > >>>installed cygwin freshly on both systems.  Now I'm noticing that on both
> > >>>systems, .bashrc seems to be completely ignored.  I haven't changed this
> > >>>file at all, but suddenly the aliases I define and export are not
> > >>>defined when I try to type them at the shell prompt.
> > >>>
> > >>>If I do
> > >>>
> > >>>   source ~/.bashrc
> > >>>
> > >>>it works without error, but the aliases are *still* not defined.  I
> > >>>noticed by running 'cygcheck -s' that the new systems seem to have DLL
> > >>>build 1.3.22 (3/18/2003), while the older ones were running build 1.3.20
> > >>>(2/18/2003).  However, nothing else has changed.  This used to work, but
> > >>>now doesn't.
> > >>>
> > >>>Any clues?
> > >>>
> > >>>Thanks,
> > >>>
> > >>>-pd
> > >>
> > >>What does your /etc/passwd look like?
> > >
> > > It's got a bunch of entries: SYSTEM, Administrators, Administrator, Guest, pdavis, etc.
> > >
> > > What should I be looking for?
> > can you post the content?
>
> I don't know.  Is there anything in there that would permit some
> enterprising hacker to breech my security?
>
> Thanks,
> -pd

FWIW, you already did... ;-)
Seriously, though, Windows security is a joke as-is, and your /etc/passwd
will not contain the actual passwords at all (not even encrypted), as
Windows manages all passwords anyway.  And you've already provided the
usernames on your machine (although they wouldn't be that hard to guess).
So, you might as well post the whole contents.
	Igor
P.S. FYI, a person who breaks into other machines is called a "cracker",
not a "hacker".  For details, read
<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#what_is>.
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