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Re: NFS/SSHD interaction


On Feb 18 15:20, Dominik StraÃer wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
> Am 18.02.2014 13:43, schrieb Corinna Vinschen:
> >On Feb 18 13:35, Dominik StraÃer wrote:
> >>Hi Corinna,
> >>thanks for the pointer. I haven't yet fully understood the
> >>credentials stuff. But can it have this result:
> >>In the cygwin terminal:
> >>ls -l /cygdrive
> >>total 43
> >>d---------+  1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller     0 Feb 18 10:27 c
> >>drwxr-x---  15 night            None              1024 Jan 23 22:53 k
> >>drwxr-x---  52 night            None             24576 Feb 18  2014 n
> >>drwxr-x--x  62 night            None             14336 Feb 17 13:57 s
> >>
> >>In the ssh:
> >>ls -l /cygdrive
> >>total 4
> >>d---------+ 1 TrustedInstaller TrustedInstaller 0 Feb 18 10:27 c
> >Keep in mind that the login via ssh is in another session than a desktop
> >session.  If you want a user to see the automatically mounted drives in
> >a ssh session, the ssh session needs the user's credentials.  This only
> >works if the user mounts the required drives manually after login via
> So what I am doing now is (in .bashrc)
> /cygdrive/c/Windows/system32/mount.exe '<nfs-path>' k:
> mount k: /home/user1
> 
> which seems to work.
> >ssh, or if the login via ssh already has the credentials.  This is
> >only the case when using method 3:
> >http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-nopasswd3
> >
> >
> 
> tried it, but didn't work:
> $ passwd -R
> [etc]
> Enter your current password:
> Re-enter your current password:
> Storing password failed: Function not implemented

Did you *read* the aforementioned URL?  It explains that a non-admin
needs cygserver to run passwd -R.  As an admin you can enter the
password for other users, if you know it.  See additionally
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#passwd


Corinna

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