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Re: UID problem - ssh with a user with a large uid fails
- From: Jason Tishler <jason at tishler dot net>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 14:47:19 -0400
- Subject: Re: UID problem - ssh with a user with a large uid fails
- References: <3D4FD912.8000208@novabase.pt>
Artur,
On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 03:11:30PM +0100, Artur Pinheiro wrote:
> I notice that in the event viewer I get "Cannot find account for uid
> 2505." But the uid for that user is 133577
>
> Here are the passwd record for that user
> user2:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:133577:10513:Artur Pinheiro,...
^^^^^^
Cygwin uids are currently 16 bit. Just hand edit your passwd entry so
that the uid is modulo 65K.
Jason
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