Mail Archives: cygwin/2008/07/20/09:39:04
On Jul 20 14:27, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Jul 19 16:46, Charles Wilson wrote:
> > Should be modified somehow, perhaps (UNTESTED):
> >
> > for username in cyg_server cron_server sshd_server
> > do
> > if egrep "^${username}:" /etc/passwd 1>/dev/null 2>&1 ||
> > net user "${username}" 1> /dev/null 2>&1
> > then
> > [ -z "${first_account}" ] && first_account="${username}"
> > accounts="${accounts}'${username}' "
> > fi
> > done
>
> Along these lines, yes. I also think that using the cyg_server/
> cron_server/sshd_server account should be preferred over SYSTEM on XP
> and earlier systems, at least if they are domain member machines. Maybe
> simply like this: The test should run on any OS, but if none of the
> accounts exists, the fallback for XP and earlier is SYSTEM. IIUC, that's
> not quite what $csih_FORCE_PRIVILEGED_USER is for. Yes? No?
I tried the above script change on a XP domain member machine and
with csih_FORCE_PRIVILEGED_USER set to yes. It works, it's just a
bit bumpy:
*** Info: This script plans to use 'cyg_server'.
*** Info: 'cyg_server' will not be able to log on interactively, but will only
*** Info: be used by registered services.
The message is incorrect.
*** Query: Do you want to use different name? (yes/no) no
mkpasswd (273): [2221] The user name could not be found.
I'm not sure why is mkpasswd is called here, but it's called with -l
only so it can't find the domain account. Can this test be skipped
if the user has been directly taken from /etc/passwd?
*** Query: Please enter the password for user 'cyg_server':
*** Query: Reenter:
*** Info: The sshd service has been installed under the 'cyg_server'
[...]
Btw., there's a test for the administrators group in /etc/passwd.
This test is not necessary. The only reason to have the admins
group in /etc/passwd is to print file ownership correctly. It doesn't
have any other value.
Thanks,
Corinna
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