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From: "Stephen C. Biggs" <yyyyy50 AT hotpop DOT com>
To: "Harig, Mark A." <maharig AT idirect DOT net>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 15:33:44 -0700
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Subject: RE: Son of son of SSH & Cygwin; scp and sftp
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On 5 Aug 2002 at 18:13, Harig, Mark A. wrote:
> > 
> > > My guess is that somehow this entry is incorrect,
> > > probably the 'S-1-5-...' is wrong somehow.
> > > 
> > > You might try:
> > > 
> > > 1. Save /etc/passwd to /etc/passwd.save
> > > 
> > > 2. Delete the entry for 'test'.
> > > 
> > > 3. mkpasswd -d | grep test >> /etc/passwd
> > > 
> > > 4. Check to see whether the entry for 'test'
> > >    is reasonable.  Also:
> > > 
> > >     $ diff /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.save
> > 
> > Here is the entry for 'test' done by mkpasswd -l 
> > as I have no domain users.
> > test:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1006:513:U-
> > LOCALHOST\test,S-1-5-21-1743480672-
> > 7889942-740312968-1006:/home/test:/bin/bash  
> > 
> > The GUID is the same.
> > 
> > It puts it into the None group, whereas the only 
> > change I made was to make sure that 'test' is in 
> > the 'Guests' group.
> > 
> 
> When I change the 'group' field, it has no effect
> on the login.
> 
> When I corrupt my "S-1-5-21..." field, the behavior
> of ssh is similar to what you have described.  I am
> prompted for a password, and after a "successful" login,
> NT (or 2000) closes the session before a prompt is
> displayed ("Connection to <server> closed by remote host").
> 
Ok, I replaced the line with the output from mkpasswd, changing only the group.  Still happens.

Can you try yours with the corrupt GUID field and run -ddd on your sshd to see if it says anything?



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