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: <4.3.1.2.20011120155628.0229e8a8@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:57:35 -0500 To: "Mark Paulus" , "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Why can't root (administrator) see my net uses?? In-Reply-To: <200111202034.PAA19624@acestes-fe0.ultra.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 03:33 PM 11/20/2001, Mark Paulus wrote: >I have followed the ntsec guidelines listed in the users guide, and >have actually managed to transform my administrators account into >root, and can telnet/rlogin to my box as root. > >However, there seems to be one small caveat. When I login as root, >I can not see any of my uses created under my default userid. > >e.g. My regular/default userid is Mark. >as Mark, I do a net use to my samba server >'net use j: \\fileserv\smbapps' > >Now, I run cygwin (as Mark), and telnet back into my box >to login as root. That all works fine, except, now when I do >a net use, I see no uses, and I can't do a 'net use j: \\fileserv\smbapps' >because somewhere I don't have permissions. This seems to be a >sticky area within cygwin/windows. Any pointers?? Yes, the email archives. It's been discussed there before and you can find all the details of the discussion there. Why not just use UNC paths and avoid the problem? Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- 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/