This is the mail archive of the cygwin@cygwin.com mailing list for the Cygwin project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

RE: 1.3.12-4: editing /etc/passwd causes ssh to fail


I have been editing the /etc/passwd file with Cygwin's vim and the
directory tree is mounted in binary mode, but I will check for errant
^Ms.  Thank you for the suggestion.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randall R Schulz [mailto:rrschulz@cris.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:55 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: RE: 1.3.12-4: editing /etc/passwd causes ssh to fail
> 
> 
> Gentlemen,
> 
> Have you verified that the line newly added to the password file is 
> consistent w.r.t. to line-ending convention (Unix vs. 
> Windows) with the 
> rest of the password file and the mount via which it is 
> accessed by your 
> ssh server?
> 
> Randall Schulz
> Mountain View, CA USA
> 
> 
> At 13:39 2002-10-08, Harig, Mark A. wrote:
> >I have seen this problem also, on Windows NT4 SP6.  I had the same
> >solution -- back out my changes.  I haven't had time to 
> investigate what
> >is causing the problem but it starting occurring in one of the recent
> >releases of ssh in which privilege separation was added.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Len Giambrone [mailto:frodo@mit.edu]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:18 PM
> > > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > > Subject: 1.3.12-4: editing /etc/passwd causes ssh to fail
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > This is on an installation using setup today with the latest
> > > packages on
> > > archive.progeny.net.  It's running Win2k Server.  I think
> > > I've also verified
> > > this on my XP HE box at home.
> > >
> > > I can happily ssh into my box.
> > >
> > > $ ssh Administrator@foo
> > > Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
> > > Last login: Tue Oct  8 21:01:53 2002 from bar
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $
> > >
> > > Now, I add the user foo:
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $ net user foo bar /add
> > >
> > > I add the user to the password file
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $ mkpasswd -l -u foo >>/etc/passwd
> > >
> > > And now I can't ssh in anymore:
> > >
> > > $ ssh Administrator@foo
> > > Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
> > > Connection to foo closed.
> > > $ ssh Administrator@172.16.34.104
> > > Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
> > > Connection to 172.16.34.104 closed.
> > > $
> > >
> > > If I remove the new user foo, I can once again login:
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $ rm /etc/passwd; mkpasswd -l | grep -v ^foo >/etc/passwd
> > >
> > > $ ssh Administrator@foo
> > > Warning: Remote host denied X11 forwarding.
> > > Last login: Tue Oct  8 21:18:09 2002 from bar
> > >
> > > Administrator@LORIEN ~
> > > $
> > >
> > > Has anyone seen this before?  Can someone please confirm or
> > > deny that this
> > > happens to them?
> > >
> > >                         -Len
> 
> 
> --
> Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
> Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
> Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
> FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
> 
> 

--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Bug reporting:         http://cygwin.com/bugs.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]