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From: "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
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Subject: RE: Wich privileges required by ssh-host-config running user?
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:38:37 -0000
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Chris Taylor wrote:

> You want to try with the domain administrator account, not the local
> administrator.
> If you're logging on as administrator, and log on to is set to the
> domain, then you are already doing so and something most unusual is
> occuring - suggestive of an admin removing administrator access to the
> root filesystem, or to certain parts of it.


  Bingo.  That's it.  In particular, joining a domain locks down the perms of
your C:\ root drive.  If, for instance, a folder under that relies on the
default perms being inherited, it's going to be in trouble.

  I think this is a problem any time you install cygwin as a local admin, then
join a domain, then try and use it as a domain user, although I may not have
the precise order of events right there.  But I'm certain the key to this
problem is in the perm changes that get applied when you join a domain.

  Simplest workaround would be to always join the machine to the domain first
and install cygwin second.



   cheers,
      DaveK
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