Ken Turner wrote on 23 July 2008 21:10: >>> It turns out that these files are being served up with a fake domain >>> name "D1" (because our Unix server isn't part of a Windows domain). >>> When I log in I am authenticated against a real domain "D2". As a >>> result, "D2\kjt" cannot access files whose permissions are set for >>> "D1\kjt". There doesn't seem to be any way of influencing the choice of >>> fake domain name "D1", so I need a client-side solution.
> The fact remains that I'm stuck with a 2.5 year old version of CygWin. > I've described the problem in two posts, but haven't managed to find a > solution. Since the above is evidently a non-starter, have you any idea > how to get round this problem? Alternatively, what changed in this area > with CygWin 1.5.18-2? Thanks for your time. Wait, are you saying it still works if you revert your cygwin DLL? I was assuming something must have changed on your server since that version was released, but maybe your server is actually configured to give read access to world/none, and the checking actually is being done at the cygwin end? If that's the case you might be able to fix it up by fudging your /etc/passwd so that it says D1\kjt instead of D2\kjt - the SID will still point at D2\kjt in any case. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/