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Re: security.cc: bug report, question and suggestion
- From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre dot Humblet at ieee dot org>
- To: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:40:18 -0500
- Subject: Re: security.cc: bug report, question and suggestion
- References: <3.0.5.32.20020120225521.007e14b0@pop.ne.mediaone.net>
"Corinna Vinschen" wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 07:46:03PM -0500, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
> > Entry in passwd (note Cygwin name != Windows name)
> > exim:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:1005:daemon,U-PHumblet\Mail,S-1-5-21-21273915
> > 03-1594901184-99485923-1002:/h
> > ome/Mail:/bin/bash
> >
> > /> cygrunsrv -I test -u mail -e CYGWIN=ntsec -p /a.exe
> > Enter password of user `.\mail':
> > Reenter, please:
> > /> cygrunsrv -S test
> > /> head /var/log/test.log
> > CYGWIN = ntsec USERNAME = UNDEF UID = 500 GID = 513 PID = 619 <==INCORRECT UID/GID
>
> Operator error. -u expects the Cygwin user name, not the Windows
> user name (it's a Cygwin application...). The wrong UID is caused
> by your aforementioned observation that the getpwuid/getgrgid
> functions always return a default value :-(
Corinna, I just checked on NT. cygrunsrv accepts Cygwin and Windows
user names equally well and produces an incorrect UID if they differ.
Pierre
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