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
