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 Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:54:16 +0200 (MEST) From: "Joachim Dostal" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: proftpd 1.2.9 / unable to set uid to 18 X-Authenticated: #14855512 Message-ID: <5050.1082116456@www11.gmx.net> X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes hi, i want use windows 2000 (Server) german version Service Pack 4 with proftpd. after installing it - and set at /etc/proftpd.conf: User SYSTEM Group Administratoren at the commandline - with bash and /usr/sbin/proftpd.exe -c /etc/proftpd.conf i get following error: unable to set uid to 18 - current uid: 500 /etc/passwd: SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18:: Administratoren:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: nobody:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: cygwin_server:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-YCWNMC02\Administrator,S-1-5-21-57989841-2077806209-1801674531-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash ... /etc/group: root:S-1-5-32-544:0: SYSTEM:S-1-5-18:18: nogroup:S-1-5-18:18: Kein:S-1-5-21-57989841-2077806209-1801674531-513:513: Administratoren:S-1-5-32-544:544: ... === after changing /etc/passwd: Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:18:544:U-YCWNMC02\Administrator,S-1-5-21-57989841-2077806209-1801674531-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash i could start proftpd from command line - but at the login i get following in the proftpd-log: PRIVS_USER:unable to seteuid(session.login_uid) and the uid of the forked process i still 18 - and not the user-id of the login-user. any suggestion ... (i have read README.cygwin!) - need you more detailed infos ? thx4any help & best regards, joachim -- NEU : GMX Internet.FreeDSL Ab sofort DSL-Tarif ohne Grundgebühr: http://www.gmx.net/info -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/