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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 17:01:15 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: security.cc: bug report, question and suggestion
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On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 10:40:18AM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> "Corinna Vinschen" wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 07:46:03PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> 
> > > Entry in passwd (note Cygwin name != Windows name)
> > > exim:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:1005:daemon,U-PHumblet\Mail,S-1-5-21-21273915
> > > 03-1594901184-99485923-1002:/h
> > > ome/Mail:/bin/bash
> > >
> > > /> cygrunsrv -I test -u mail -e CYGWIN=ntsec -p /a.exe
> > > Enter password of user `.\mail':
> > > Reenter, please:
> > > /> cygrunsrv -S test
> > > /> head /var/log/test.log
> > > CYGWIN = ntsec USERNAME = UNDEF UID = 500 GID = 513 PID = 619  <==INCORRECT UID/GID
> > 
> > Operator error.  -u expects the Cygwin user name, not the Windows
> > user name (it's a Cygwin application...).  The wrong UID is caused
> > by your aforementioned observation that the getpwuid/getgrgid
> > functions always return a default value :-(
> 
> Corinna, I just checked on NT. cygrunsrv accepts Cygwin and Windows
> user names equally well and produces an incorrect UID if they differ.

Would you mind to track that down further.  I'd suspect something's
wrong in Cygwin, probably in internal_getlogin() ?!?

Corinna

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