Re: 1.7.9: login via ssh allows Administrator privileges

[Michael Hoffman <cygwin-hoffman at sneakemail dot com>]

Christian Franke <Christian.Franke <at> t-online.de> writes:

> Michael Hoffman wrote:
> > When I log in via ssh I find I have Administrator privileges:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Is there a way to turn this off or remove myself from the Administrators and
> > root groups? I prefer not to have administrative access unless I explicitly
> > request it.
> 
> Restarting the shell through cygdrop from cygutils package may help:
> 
> # exec cygdrop /bin/bash -l

Thanks for the helpful response! I was able to get the behavior I wanted by
adding this to /etc/sshd_config:

ForceCommand /bin/bash /etc/ssh-cygdrop

and putting this in /etc/ssh-cygdrop:

exec cygdrop ${SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND:-"$SHELL"}

Thanks again!
Michael


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