Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/07/13/16:17:27
On 7/13/07, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
> From: Dave Korn
> >
> > Let me repeat myself:
> >
> > >> If you aren't
> > >> logged into the domain
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Logging into the local machine and logging into the domain
> > are two different
> > things. When you are not logged in to the domain, it would
> > be very very wrong
> > for the domain controller to send you any information about
> > the domain.[*]
>
> Sorry, I guess I'm still not being clear. When I did "runas /netonly
> /user:machine\user" followed by "mkpasswd -d machine -u user", I was
> trying to create a "passwd" entry for a user account that was local to
> the server named "machine". In other words, I was trying to access
> information about the "machine\user" local user account. I was not
> trying to access information about a domain user account.
>
> Perhaps I'm confusing things by using the example name "user" in both
> cases. Let me try restating it:
>
> "runas /netonly /user:domain1\userA" followed by "mkpasswd -d domain1 -u
> userA": works
> "runas /netonly /user:machine2\userB" followed by "mkpasswd -d machine2
> -u userB": fails
>
> --
> Matt Seitz
> Manager, File System Virtualization
> Cisco Systems, Inc.
> .:|:.:|:.
>
If the server is stand alone, wouldn't mkpasswd -l be more appropriate
than mkpasswd -d?
-Jason
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