Mail Archives: cygwin/2003/06/09/21:16:38
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:57:32AM +0200, Stephen Biggs wrote:
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> Maybe it is relevant to say that I am invoking cygwin by the shortcut of:
> C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 /c C:\cygwin\bin\login steve
> with the /etc/passwd file entries:
> user::400:401:user:/home/user:/bin/bash
> steve::502:100:steve:/home/steve:/bin/bash
> sshd::545:545:sshd::/bin/false
>
> and /etc/group:
> all::544:
> users::100:
> user::401:
>
> ... instead of the normal batch file since this is the only way I could
> think of to log myself on as another user into Cygwin on Windows 98.
>
> Perhaps this is what is messing me up, but can anybody tell me a better
> way to
> do it? I need the user steve so I can use ssh to a different machine.
Your passwd file is screwed up. Didn't cygwin generate one for you?
If you login into Windows, use the Users control panel, create a user
Steve. Log into Windows. Start Cygwin. Cygwin will use the entry for Steve.
If you don't log into Windows, Cygwin looks for uid 500. So just put
Steve:*:500:544:steve:/home/steve:/bin/bash
Don't use uid 400, gid 401, they are reserved for non-existent entries.
> Again,
> this all worked before I updated my VI package.
That's another story. No idea. Use emacs? :)
Pierre
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