>Urgh! SYSTEM is the account sshd is running under. Don't remove that.
Various Guest/System accounts that weren't the SYSTEM account, I removed IUSR_MOTHER and IWAM_MOTHER, the ASP.NET user etc. >I'm wondering why you *first* removed entries from passwd and *then* >asked if that's right instead of vice versa (which would be the natural >order if one don't know, wouldn't it?) I have a vague memory of having done this previously in an older cygwin instance on another box. I did of course back up my passwd file first, as always, and have managed to log into the box fine as myself. But also: >> Ah, yeah. Um. I have a nasty head cold and was in a rush. I don't feel too bright at the moment. Under cygwin, I understood that the passwd file essentialy maps windows users to cygwin settings. username:unused:uid:grpid:windows account:home:shell Without an entry in the cygwin passwd file a user with a valid windows login can not authenticate into cygwin. Was this wrong? Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . -- 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/
