Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: From: Mellman Thomas To: "'Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)'" Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: RE: problem starting inetd as NT service Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 16:37:06 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) [mailto:lhall@rfk.com] >>>Ah, I afraid that's the key. mkpasswd - both with -l and -d >>options - does not yield my account name. I guess my >>employer REALLY has the security tied down. Does that mean >>that telnet is out for me? >> >> >>Not necessarily. You need to be able to create a proper >>/etc/passwd file. >>mkpasswd will do this for you normally. However, if you can >>find the proper >>info, you can create one manually. Before embarking on this >>"last resort" >>path though, look at Jason Tishler's 'mkpasswd' email from >>today. That thread >>may have some useful information for you. Yes, I was just pondering it. When I try with the -lu* option, that's the error message I get: 2221. Thank you for the information. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/