Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Thorsten Kampe Subject: Re: logins with no passwords Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 00:19:23 +0200 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <1rm01jqp3cqac$.dlg@thorstenkampe.de> References: <3hng8v8ong3v9bsnahs6d8goqdu92i707s@4ax.com> <1sr457evirdp8.dlg@thorstenkampe.de> <3u6h8vk8u3ffveihene5qgt3kftdb1b6mf@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.3.1 * zzapper (03-03-31 21:57 +0100) > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:18:47 +0200, Thorsten Kampe > wrote: > >>* zzapper (03-03-31 17:28 +0100) >>> When I try to login to my account on CYGWIN from a different windows >>> account, it as asks for a password, but I don't have a password? >> >> OS? >> > Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 less /usr/doc/Cygwin/login.README There is also a default security setting in XP that won't let you log in remotely if you haven't got a password. Not having a password is gonna bring you nothing but trouble. Thorsten -- Content-Type: text/explicit; charset=ISO-8859-666 (Parental Advisory) Content-Transfer-Warning: message contains innuendos not suited for children under the age of 18 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/