Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <00f201c0b544$f7ecf8c0$1419a8c0@mercury> From: "Michael Erdely" To: References: <979544714 DOT 20010325052252 AT planet-interkom DOT de> Subject: Re: login to bash Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 11:02:18 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2458.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2458.0000 Take a look at: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2001-02/msg00581.html -ME ----- Original Message ----- From: "Uwe Mayer" To: "Cygwin Mailinglist" Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 10:22 PM Subject: login to bash > Hi, > > I switched OS from 98 to win2k and cannot get the "login" to the bash > shell working. Also the "su" won't do its work. > > Cygwin was installed from the internet using the setup tool supplied. > My win2k login is "merkosh". When I start Cygwin I land in > /home/merkosh. I imported the group and passwd settings with "mkgroup > -l >group" and "mkpasswd -l >passwd": > > merkosh AT M111 /etc > $ cat group > Everyone:S-1-1-0:0: > SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18: > None:S-1-5-21-1644491937-813497703-1957994488-513:513: > Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544: > Backup Operators:S-1-5-32-551:551: > Guests:S-1-5-32-546:546: > Power Users:S-1-5-32-547:547: > Replicator:S-1-5-32-552:552: > Users:S-1-5-32-545:545: > > merkosh AT M111 /etc > $ cat passwd > Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0:: > SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:: > Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: > Administrator::500:513:,S-1-5-21-1644491937-813497703-1957994488-500:/home/A dministrator:/bin/sh > Guest::501:513:,S-1-5-21-1644491937-813497703-1957994488-501:/home/Guest:/bi n/sh > merkosh::1000:513:Uwe Mayer,S-1-5-21-1644491937-813497703-1957994488-1000:/home/merkosh:/bin/sh > > In the mailing list history I found out I hat to "set CYGWIN=ntsec" > and now the file permissions can be set. > However "login" won't accept "merkosh" or "Administrator" to log in > with the NT5 passwords. I wanted it to replace the "bash -i --login" > line in cygwin.bat I use to start Cygwin. I get the error msg "incorrect login" > When I try "su merkosh" the PS1 string is misinterpreted and the > prompt turns into: > > merkosh AT M111 ~ > $ su merkosh > \[\033]0;\w\007 > \033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\] > $ > > or: > merkosh AT M111 ~ > $ su Administrator > su: cannot set user id: Not owner > > Also I am wondering... since when I run Setup.exe to install Cygwin > the "CYGWIN=ntsec" wasn't set then. I only set it recently when > browsing the mailing list threads. Shouldn't I have to reassign the > all file access permissions? > > I hope somebody can give me an idea where to start to get all this > working. > > Ciao > Uwe > > > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple