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Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:34:21 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
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To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: rsh: UID does not match user
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Pdomings AT aol DOT com wrote:
> 
> Is it normal behavior for the UID in the remote shell to be set to 500
> regardless of the user?   When I issue the command:
>     rsh pdomings id

A non interactive rsh isn't able to change the user context. You
get the id of the user running inetd.

Use sshd with password authentication or a sshd running under your
account to get the intended behaviour.

Corinna

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