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I read the materials in "What's New" and the section "Windows Security in Cygwin" with interest since it describes new authentication potentials.
However, I did not understand the material well enough to know whether 1.7 will allow users to ssh under their own $USERNAME or whether you will always get USERNAME=SYSTEM (assuming that you started sshd normally with cygrunsrv).
I use 'ssh' to log on to remote computers to initialize backups by setting up shadow mounts. However, since vshadow won't run as user SYSTEM, I have to go through crazy hoops using 'at' to launch the process at the next minute in the future so that I can get vshadow to run.
This ssh/security limitation is odd coming from a *nix environment where ssh gives you all the power you want or need...
-- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746
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