Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:26:56 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" Subject: Re: Passwords Message-ID: <20010119162656.W4318@cobold.vinschen.de> Mail-Followup-To: "cygwin@cygwin.com" References: <3A6852AE.B688BEE@lightbridge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A6852AE.B688BEE@lightbridge.com>; from lbohm@lightbridge.com on Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:43:58AM -0500 On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 09:43:58AM -0500, Louis Bohm wrote: > Maybe I am not getting it but where is the password stored in > /etc/passwd. Or is it not stored there? > > I am trying to figure out what password login.exe wants when I > telnet in. If I use passwd to set my passwd I noticed that the > passwd file does not get updated nor does it set the passwd so I > can use login.exe. On NT/W2K the passwords are stored in the NT user database. You can use login.exe only from an account which has the appropriate user rights as described in /usr/doc/Cygwin/inetutils-1.3.2.README Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Developer mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple