Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <600B91D5E4B8D211A58C00902724252C01BC02AA@piramida.hermes.si> From: David Balazic To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1 Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:54:37 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hermes.si > ---------- > From: Igor Pechtchanski[SMTP:pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu] > Reply To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Sent: 5. avgust 2003 16:46 > 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, David Balazic wrote: > > > > ---------- > > > From: Igor Pechtchanski > > > Reply To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > > > Sent: 5. avgust 2003 16:33 > > > To: David Balazic > > > Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Weird. This seems to have never gotten there. > > > > 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 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 > -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 > > > , > 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 owner of the file is "Administrators (JUICE\Administrators)" > > "juice" is the host name. > > Is it in /etc/passwd? BTW, is juice the local host, or a remote one? Yes, Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Which I find weird, as this is a group , not an user ID. The host is local. > > > 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. > > No, I was running cygcheck as administrator ( local ). Sorry for not > > mentioning. > > Here is cygcheck running as me : > > > > Cygwin Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics > > Current System Time: Tue Aug 05 16:37:09 2003 > > > > Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 > > > > Path: X:\Perl\bin\ > > C:\Inprise\vbroker\bin > > C:\WINNT\system32 > > C:\WINNT > > C:\WINNT\System32\Wbem > > C:\Program Files\Support Tools\ > > C:\smallApps\wget > > X:\Program Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\Accessories\ > > X:\Program Files\Hummingbird\Connectivity\7.10\NFSClient > > x:\Program Files\Rational\ClearCase\bin > > C:\Program Files\UltraEdit > > C:\data\stein\progs\apache-ant-1.5.2\bin > > > > x:\cygwin\bin\id.exe output (nontsec) > > UID: 400(stein) GID: 401(mkpasswd) > > 401(mkpasswd) > > > > x:\cygwin\bin\id.exe output (ntsec) > > UID: 400(stein) GID: 401(mkpasswd) > > 401(mkpasswd) > > FYI, the above indicates that your user (stein) is *not* in /etc/passwd. Yes it is : stein:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11135:11115:David Balazic,U-MARIBOR\stein,S-1-5-21-2038378725-1149316036-142223018-1135:/home/ stein:/bin/bash > Try running "/bin/mkpasswd -l -c >> /etc/passwd" as yourself once you fix > the main problem (see below). But that will create duplicate entries in /etc/passwd, should I delete the old entries ? The old /etc/passwd : SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:Admin I. Strator,U-JUICE\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-500: /home/Administrator:/bin/bash Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-JUICE\Guest,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994 488-1060284298-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash lowpri:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1011:513:Low Privilege User,U-JUICE\lowpri,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1011:/home/low pri:/bin/bash lowpri2:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1012:513:lowpri2,U-JUICE\lowpri2,S-1-5-21-14544 71165-1957994488-1060284298-1012:/home/lowpri2:/bin/bash root:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1010:513:Short Administrator,U-JUICE\root,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1010:/h ome/root:/bin/bash SQLDebugger:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1005:513:SQLDebugger,U-JUICE\SQLDebugger,S- 1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1005:/home/SQLDebugger:/bin/bash VUSR_JUICE:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:VSA Server Account,U-JUICE\VUSR_JUICE,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1000:/h ome/VUSR_JUICE:/bin/bash VUSR_JUICE1:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1003:513:VUSR_JUICE1,U-JUICE\VUSR_JUICE1,S- 1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1003:/home/VUSR_JUICE1:/bin/bash VUSR_JUICE2:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1006:513:VSA Server Account,U-JUICE\VUSR_JUICE2,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1006:/ home/VUSR_JUICE2:/bin/bash stein:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11135:11115:David Balazic,U-MARIBOR\stein,S-1-5-21-2038378725-1149316036-142223018-1135:/home/ stein:/bin/bash Output of "mkpasswd -l -c" : SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:Admin I. Strator,U-JUICE\Administrator,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-500: /home/Administrator:/bin/bash Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-JUICE\Guest,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994 488-1060284298-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash lowpri:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1011:513:Low Privilege User,U-JUICE\lowpri,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1011:/home/low pri:/bin/bash lowpri2:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1012:513:lowpri2,U-JUICE\lowpri2,S-1-5-21-14544 71165-1957994488-1060284298-1012:/home/lowpri2:/bin/bash root:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1010:513:Short Administrator,U-JUICE\root,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1010:/h ome/root:/bin/bash SQLDebugger:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1005:513:SQLDebugger,U-JUICE\SQLDebugger,S- 1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1005:/home/SQLDebugger:/bin/bash VUSR_JUICE:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:VSA Server Account,U-JUICE\VUSR_JUICE,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1000:/h ome/VUSR_JUICE:/bin/bash VUSR_JUICE1:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1003:513:VUSR_JUICE1,U-JUICE\VUSR_JUICE1,S- 1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1003:/home/VUSR_JUICE1:/bin/bash VUSR_JUICE2:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1006:513:VSA Server Account,U-JUICE\VUSR_JUICE2,S-1-5-21-1454471165-1957994488-1060284298-1006:/ home/VUSR_JUICE2:/bin/bash stein:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11135:11115:stein,U-MARIBOR\stein,S-1-5-21-203837 8725-1149316036-142223018-1135:/:/bin/bash > > [snip] > > > > C: / user textmode > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > BINGO! There's your problem. As yourself, cd to "x:\cygwin\bin" and run > "umount -u /". Then you should be able to at least run commands. > What caused this ? I just did a plain, normal install. ( I also selected a few more app, like less , zip and unzip ... ) > > . /cygdrive user textmode,cygdrive > > x:\cygwin / system binmode > > x:\cygwin/bin /usr/bin system binmode > > x:\cygwin/lib /usr/lib system binmode > > . /cygdrive system binmode,cygdrive > > > > [snip] > > Cygwin Package Information > > Last downloaded files to: > > Last downloaded files from: > > [snip] > > Oh, and for the future, it's usually a good idea to attach the output of > cygcheck instead of including it inline, since the latter introduces false > positives into the archive searches... > Igor > -- > http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ > |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ igor AT watson DOT ibm DOT com > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. 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