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Re: cant even login
On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 01:31:06PM -0700, Mark Toung wrote:
> i know you dont have to login into cygwin (when you launch from the shortcut
> in the desktop), but you can type login from that prompt, and then it'll
> prompt you for login/passwd.... i just want to get this working before i
> start doing ssh, cuz im assuming if i cant login from there, then theres no
> way i can login from ssh
Wrong assumed. Are you `LocalSystem'?
If not, you're out of luck unless you have some very special user
rights. `login' should only be called from `telnet' and `rlogin'
which in turn are called from `inetd' which is installed as a
service under LocalSystem account.
Corinna
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