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Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:28:20 -0500
From: Peter Davis <pd AT world DOT std DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Aliases no longer defined?
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On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 09:59:28AM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Peter Davis wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 20:57:14 -0500 Rolf Campbell
> > <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com> wrote:
> >
> > > Peter Davis wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 18:15:13 -0500 Rolf Campbell
> > > > <rcampbell AT tropicnetworks DOT com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>Peter Davis wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>>I recently switched from Windows NT4 and Windows 2000 to
> > > >>>Windows XP.  I installed cygwin freshly on both systems.  Now
> > > >>>I'm noticing that on both systems, .bashrc seems to be
> > > >>>completely ignored.  I haven't changed this file at all, but
> > > >>>suddenly the aliases I define and export are not defined when
> > > >>>I try to type them at the shell prompt.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>If I do
> > > >>>
> > > >>>   source ~/.bashrc
> > > >>>
> > > >>>it works without error, but the aliases are *still* not
> > > >>>defined.  I noticed by running 'cygcheck -s' that the new
> > > >>>systems seem to have DLL build 1.3.22 (3/18/2003), while the
> > > >>>older ones were running build 1.3.20 (2/18/2003).  However,
> > > >>>nothing else has changed.  This used to work, but now
> > > >>>doesn't.
> > > >>>
> > > >>>Any clues?
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >>What does your /etc/passwd look like?
> > > >
> > > > It's got a bunch of entries: SYSTEM, Administrators,
> > > > Administrator, Guest, pdavis, etc.
> > > >
> > > > What should I be looking for?
> > > can you post the content?
> >
> > I don't know.  Is there anything in there that would permit some
> > enterprising hacker to breech my security?
> >
> 
> FWIW, you already did... ;-)
> Seriously, though, Windows security is a joke as-is, and your
> /etc/passwd will not contain the actual passwords at all (not even
> encrypted), as Windows manages all passwords anyway.  And you've
> already provided the usernames on your machine (although they
> wouldn't be that hard to guess).  So, you might as well post the
> whole contents.

Ok.  There ain't much worth cracking my system for anyway.  Here's the
/etc/passwd file from one machine below.

Thanks for any help with this!

-pd



SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-WINBOX-XPRO\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash
Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-WINBOX-XPRO\Guest,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash
HelpAssistant:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1004:513:Remote Desktop Help Assistant Account,U-WINBOX-XPRO\HelpAssistant,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1004:/home/HelpAssistant:/bin/bash
pdavis:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1006:513:Peter Davis,U-WINBOX-XPRO\pdavis,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1006:/home/pdavis:/bin/bash
Peter Davis:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1005:513:U-WINBOX-XPRO\Peter Davis,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1005:/home/Peter Davis:/bin/bash
SUPPORT_388945a0:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:513:CN=Microsoft Corporation,L=Redmond,S=Washington,C=US,U-WINBOX-XPRO\SUPPORT_388945a0,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1002:/home/SUPPORT_388945a0:/bin/bash
SUPPORT_3f151ab9:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1003:513:CN=Dell Computer Corporation,L=Round Rock,S=Texas,C=US,U-WINBOX-XPRO\SUPPORT_3f151ab9,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1003:/home/SUPPORT_3f151ab9:/bin/bash
Pdavis:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11059:10513:Pdavis,U-WORKDOM\Pdavis,S-1-5-21-138833350-1684557462-623647154-1059:/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Pdavis.WORKDOM:/bin/bash



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