X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:11:27 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: passwd -R fails on Server 2008 R2 Message-ID: <20091006091127.GK12789@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <20091005211728 DOT GK30949 AT proxix DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091005211728.GK30949@proxix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Oct 5 15:17, Tom Schutter wrote: > I am running Cygwin 1.7 on Windows Server 2008 R2. > The "passwd -R" command fails after I enter my password: > > Enter your current password: > Re-enter your current password: > Storing password failed: Function not implemented > > I am an administrator on this machine. > > As a possibly related issue, this is what happens when I run cygcheck: > > $ cygcheck -s -v -r > /tmp/cygcheck.out > /usr/bin/cygrunsrv: warning: OpenService failed for 'DcomLaunch': Win32 error 5 > Access is denied. > /usr/bin/cygrunsrv: warning: OpenService failed for 'pla': Win32 error 5 > Access is denied. > /usr/bin/cygrunsrv: warning: OpenService failed for 'RpcEptMapper': Win32 error 5 > Access is denied. > /usr/bin/cygrunsrv: warning: OpenService failed for 'RpcSs': Win32 error 5 > Access is denied. > [...] > Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics > [...] > Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec) > UID: 18718(tschutter) GID: 10513(Domain Users) > 545(Users) 10513(Domain Users) > > Output from C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec) > UID: 18718(tschutter) GID: 10513(Domain Users) > 545(Users) 10513(Domain Users) PEBKAC. You're trying to run this under UAC with the restricted default shell. You must start your shell with "Start as administrator" to get actual admin privileges. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple