X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:57:07 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: inetd help Message-ID: <20060714155707.GM8759@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <03D3B32F0D0D024791C1EE97D087E90907779E66@EXCH01.purdue.lcl> <20060714140557.GJ8759@calimero.vinschen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Jul 14 07:21, Andrew DeFaria wrote: > I'd argue it's also becoming time for a replacement for the Local System > Account for sshd, inetd and crond, perhaps named daemon instead of > sshd_server which seems decidedly ssh biased. IOW maybe a little config > script to create the daemon user - which the necessarily privileges like > sshd_server - which each/any of the above mentioned config script could > call in order to set up the service. In fact I think this should be the > way to go even on older systems such as 2000 and XP instead of relying > on Local System Account. Then it's a little cleaner that all Cygwin > services requiring any specific permissions runs under the daemon local > user... Sure, I like the idea. Instead of arguing, just go ahead. http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#SHTDI http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- 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/