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Adrian Hill wrote: > I am new to Cygwin, we are running version 1.59. Cygwin used is for account > management for our Active Directory. Cygwin is used to launch an C-based > program (that is running as service) that calls a VB6 Program, which is called > via a SSH connection from our central account management system that runs on a > Unix. <snip> Thanks for the lengthy description of what you're doing but you've left out some key points and provided some invalid information already. Please see the following problem reporting guidelines which describes what we need to help you: <http://cygwin.com/problems.html> <snip> > I have also given the account administration rights within cygwin, and still > get the same problem. However, under windows within cygwin the code runs > fine..without going over the SSH connection… My WAG is that you're sshing in using pubkey authentication. If so, use password authentication and see if that solves your problem. This is a known limitation in the current Cygwin package (one could argue it's a Windows limitation too but....) > I have noticed the security on proc/registry contains ???????? with no rights > is that normal.. Looks like your '/etc/passwd' and '/etc/group' aren't correct. See 'mkpasswd' and 'mkgroup' documentation in the Cygwin Users Guide: <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd> <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkgroup> -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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