diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup/doc/faq-using.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | winsup/doc/faq-using.xml | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml index 1b83ef950..19e381624 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/faq-using.xml @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ as such. <para>Your .bashrc is read from your home directory specified by the HOME environment variable. It uses /.bashrc if HOME is not set. So you need -to set HOME (and the home dir in your passwd account information) correctly. +to set HOME (and the home dir in your /etc/passwd entry) correctly. </para> </answer></qandaentry> @@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ must create the whatis database. Just run the command <question><para>Why doesn't <literal>chmod</literal> work?</para></question> <answer> +<para>The most common case is that your <literal>/etc/passwd</literal> +or <literal>/etc/group</literal> files are not properly set up. If +<literal>ls -l</literal> shows a group of <literal>mkpasswd</literal> +or <literal>mkgroup</literal>, you need to run one or both of those +commands. +</para> <para>If you're using FAT32 instead of NTFS, <literal>chmod</literal> will fail since FAT32 does not provide any permission information. You should really consider converting the drive to NTFS with @@ -1026,6 +1032,19 @@ sure you're running bash elevated. </para> <para> +If "cyg_server" is not already in <literal>/etc/passwd</literal>, add it +using <literal>mkpasswd</literal>. Make sure all domain accounts which are +supposed to be able to logon via ssh are in <literal>/etc/passwd</literal>. +Also make sure that all important domain groups are in +<literal>/etc/group</literal>. If in doubt, call +</para> + +<screen> + $ mkpasswd -l -d your_domain > /etc/passwd + $ mkgroup -l -d your_domain > /etc/group +</screen> + +<para> Then run ssh-host-config. Answer all questions so that "cyg_server" is used to run the service. When done, check ownership of <literal>/var/empty</literal> and all <literal>/etc/ssh*</literal> |