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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 10:33:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: David Balazic <david DOT balazic AT hermes DOT si>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, David Balazic wrote:

> > From:         Igor Pechtchanski
> > Reply To:     cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Sent:         5. avgust 2003 16:06
> > To:   David Balazic
> > Cc:   cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject:      RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, David Balazic wrote:
> >
> > > > From:         Igor Pechtchanski
> > > > Reply To:     cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > > > Sent:         5. avgust 2003 14:46
> > > > To:   David Balazic
> > > > Cc:   cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > > > Subject:      RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, David Balazic wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > [snip]
> > > > >
> > > > > > >   Are you logging
> > > > > > > in as a domain user by any chance?
> > > > > > Yes.
> > > > > > >   Are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group up
> > > > > > > to date?
> > > > > > I don't know. What does it mean "up to date" what must be their content ?
> > > > > They should have an entry for the user you log in as.  Since you installed
> > > > > as a different user (admin), mkpasswd will not have put in the entry for
> > > > > the domain user.  Try running "x:\cygwin\bin\mkpasswd -u <youruser> -d >> passwd" from "x:\cygwin\etc".
> > > >
> > > > You may also need to do "x:\cygwin\bin\mkgroup -d >> group" from
> > > > "x:\cygwin\etc" -- be prepared, it may take a while in large domains.
> > >
> > > I did this now.
> >
> > So, please post the passwd and group lines that correspond to the numeric
> > UID and GID you installed under (see below).
> >
> > > > > > >   Please run "c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe -l /bin/ls" from a cmd.exe
> > > > > > > prompt and post the output.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It is on drive X:
> > > > > > C:\>x:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe -l /bin/ls
> > > > > > /usr/bin/ls: /bin/ls: No such file or directory
> > > > >
> > > > > Okay, try ".\ls.exe .\ls.exe" from "x:\cygwin\bin"?
> > > >              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > > > Oops, make that ".\ls.exe -l .\ls.exe"...  Sorry.
> > > >
> > > X:\cygwin\bin>.\ls.exe -l .\ls.exe
> > > -rwxrwxrwx    1 ???????? ????????    68608 Jun 15  2001 .\ls.exe
> >
> > Ah.  Ok, now ".\ls.exe -ln .\ls.exe".  This will give you the numeric UID
> > and GID to grep out of the passwd and group files.
> X:\cygwin\bin>.\ls.exe -ln .\ls.exe
> -rwxrwxrwx    1 65535    65535       68608 Jun 15  2001 .\ls.exe
>
> 65535 is not in passwd or group file.

Well, yes, as indicated in
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#NTSEC-RELEASE1.3.20>, 65535 is
a special UID used for those users not in the passwd file, so this kinda
figures...

Ok, my guess is that the owner is "Everyone", both for the user and for
the group.  You can confirm or deny this by checking the ownership in the
properties tab for the root directory in Windows Explorer.  If this turns
out to be the case, add "Everyone" to your /etc/passwd and /etc/group
files by using the following commands at the cmd.exe prompt:

cd x:\cygwin\etc
echo "Everyone:*:65534:0:,S-1-1-0::" >> passwd
echo "Everyone:S-1-1-0:0:" >> group

and then post the output of ".\ls.exe -ln .\ls.exe" again.  If this is not
the case, please post the contents of your /etc/passwd and /etc/group, and
the output of "x:\cygwin\bin\id.exe"...  For some reason, the cygcheck
output you posted earlier indicated that you logged in as "Administrator",
but you said that you logged in as a domain user...  This is weird.
	Igor
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