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From:	Jeremy AT Gagliardi DOT com
Subject:	"incorrect password" or "permission denied" when switching users
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Date:	Sat, 14 Feb 2004 12:34:10 -0500 (EST)
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Installed straight off the Internet...
Owner AT Beast /
$ uname -a
CYGWIN_NT-5.1 Beast 1.5.7(0.109/3/2) 2004-01-30 19:32 i686 unknown unknown Cygwin

I am running XP Home edition, and my administrative account is "Owner".

I try to switch users.  `su - jjg` causes "incorrect password" message, and
`login -f jjg` reveals "login: no shell: /bin/bash: Permission denied"

When I do `strace login` I get this juicy message:
  360 12676481 [main] login 1324 geterrno_from_win_error: unknown windows error
1314, setting errno to 13
  218 12676699 [main] login 1324 spawn_guts: CreateProcess failed, Win32 error
1314

Here are the specifics:
On XP, the users are as follows:
  Owner - Computer administrator
  jjg - Computer administrator - Password Protected
  sshd - Limited account - Password Protected
  Guest - Guest account is off
In Cygwin:
Owner AT Beast /
$ cat /etc/passwd
SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:545:U-BEAST\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-500:/home/Admi
nistrator:/bin/bash
cron:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1006:513:cron,U-BEAST\cron,S-1-5-21-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-1006:/home/cron:/bin/bash
Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-BEAST\Guest,S-1-5-21-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash
HelpAssistant:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1005:513:Remote Desktop Help Assistant
Account,U-BEAST\HelpAssistant,S-1-5-21-1615061
138-891307005-2424629274-1005:/home/HelpAssistant:/bin/bash
jjg:*:1010:545:Jeremy
Gagliardi,U-BEAST\jjg,S-1-5-21-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-1010:/home/jjg:/bin/bash
Owner:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1003:545:U-BEAST\Owner,S-1-5-21-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-1003:/home/Owner:/bin/bash
sshd:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1007:513:sshd,U-BEAST\sshd,S-1-5-21-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-1007:/home/sshd:/bin/bash
SUPPORT_388945a0:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:513:CN=Microsoft
Corporation,L=Redmond,S=Washington,C=US,U-BEAST\SUPPORT_3889
45a0,S-1-5-21-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-1002:/home/SUPPORT_388945a0:/bin/bash
SUPPORT_fddfa904:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1004:513:CN=Hewlett-Packard,L=Cupertino,S=Ca,C=US,U-BEAST\SUPPORT_fddfa904,S-1-5-2
1-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-1004:/home/SUPPORT_fddfa904:/bin/bash

Owner AT Beast /
$ cat /etc/group
root:S-1-5-32-544:0:
SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18:
None:S-1-5-21-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-513:513:
Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544:
Guests:S-1-5-32-546:546:
Users:S-1-5-32-545:545:
HelpServicesGroup:S-1-5-21-1615061138-891307005-2424629274-1001:1001:

Owner AT Beast /
$ ls -ld /home
drwxrwxrwx+   4 Owner    Users           0 Feb 12 21:18 /home

Owner AT Beast /
$ ls -l /home
total 0
drwx------+   3 Owner    Users           0 Feb 14 10:48 Owner
drwx------+   2 jjg      Users           0 Feb 12 20:21 jjg

Owner AT Beast /
$ ls -ld /etc/passwd /etc/group /bin /bin/bash /bin/bash.exe
drwxr-xr-x+   2 Owner    Users           0 Feb 12 21:23 /bin
-rwxr-xr-x+   1 Owner    Users      527360 Oct 20 08:12 /bin/bash
-rwxr-xr-x+   1 Owner    Users      527360 Oct 20 08:12 /bin/bash.exe
-rw-r--r--    1 Owner    Users         248 Feb 12 20:59 /etc/group
-rw-r--r--    1 Owner    Users        1369 Feb 14 11:38 /etc/passwd


I have been a Solaris administrator for 10 years, but have never used Cygwin. 
Cygwin seems like a foreign language to me.

Please help.  Why are the most basic forms of login not working with a
"standard" installation of Cygwin?

Better question:  How can I get login or su to work?
Even better question:  How can I switch users?

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