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RE: problem starting inetd as NT service
- From: Mellman Thomas <Thomas dot Mellman at icn dot siemens dot de>
- To: "'Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)'" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 16:37:06 +0200
- Subject: RE: problem starting inetd as NT service
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall@rfk.com]
>>>Ah, I afraid that's the key. mkpasswd - both with -l and -d
>>options - does not yield my account name. I guess my
>>employer REALLY has the security tied down. Does that mean
>>that telnet is out for me?
>>
>>
>>Not necessarily. You need to be able to create a proper
>>/etc/passwd file.
>>mkpasswd will do this for you normally. However, if you can
>>find the proper
>>info, you can create one manually. Before embarking on this
>>"last resort"
>>path though, look at Jason Tishler's 'mkpasswd' email from
>>today. That thread
>>may have some useful information for you.
Yes, I was just pondering it. When I try with the -lu* option,
that's the error message I get: 2221.
Thank you for the information.
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