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Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:01:41 -0400
To: Russ Jorgensen <rbj AT lucent DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: How do I start inetd as SYSTEM account?
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Have you looked at inetutils-1.3.2.README in /usr/doc/Cygwin?  You
should find some help there.

Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
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At 11:55 AM 8/14/2001, Russ Jorgensen wrote:
>Hi everyone,
>
>I've been starting inetd by hand as "inetd -d" to get
>ftp/telnet/rlogin/rsh to work.  When I try to
>rlogin/telnet/ftp in from another machine, I get to the
>"password:" prompt, but then it never accepts my password. 
>I searched the old cygwin mail list archives, and it looks
>like perhaps my problem is that inetd needs to be running as
>UID 18 (the SYSTEM account).  But, I don't know how to make
>that happen.  Could somebody give me a clue?  In case it's
>important, I'm running Windows NT on a P-III, and the system
>control panel says "Microsoft Windows NT 4.00.1381, IE 5
>5.50.4522.1800".  Thank you very much.
>
>         -Russ
>
>-- 
>Russell B. Jorgensen, Lucent Technologies, Denver, CO
>email: rbj AT lucent DOT com
>phone: 303-920-6857
>fax:   303-920-6898
>
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