Re: Cygwin services using uid 400, not SYSTEM. Why?

[Shaddy Baddah <Shaddy_Baddah at hotmail dot com dot INVALID>]

Hi again again,

On 7/21/2006 12:29 PM, Shaddy Baddah wrote:
> The attachment is a log of commands that I executed that highlights the 
> problem very clearly. You will see that after running *exim-config* (not 
> cygserver-config), the Cygwin services correctly display as uid SYSTEM, 
> and not 400.


With attachment this time. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,
Shaddy

$ ps -ef
     UID     PID    PPID TTY     STIME COMMAND
     400    1612       1   ?  11:29:41 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
     400    1864       1   ?  11:29:41 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
     400    1920    1864   ?  11:29:41 /usr/sbin/sshd
     400    1740    1612   ?  11:29:41 /usr/sbin/cygserver
 sbaddah    3316       1 con  11:34:44 /usr/bin/rxvt
 sbaddah    3344    3316   0  11:34:44 /usr/bin/sh
 sbaddah    3880    3344   0  11:34:56 /usr/bin/ps
$ cygrunsrv -E sshd
$ cygrunsrv -E cygserver
$ exim-config 
************************************************
This script sets some key parameters of the exim
installation and starts the exim daemon.
See the details in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/exim-X-Y.README.
    Interrupt with ^D.

mode of `/etc/passwd' changed to 0754 (rwxr-xr--)
mode of `/etc/group' changed to 0754 (rwxr-xr--)
ASP Backup Service:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11193:10513:
900 Client Services:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11242:10513:

WARNING: The usernames displayed above contain spaces.
    They cannot receive mail nor appear in /etc/aliases.
    Edit /etc/passwd and use identifiers without spaces.

Who is the local postmaster? [sbaddah] 
OK. The /etc/aliases file was updated and given mode 0664.
OK. The /etc/aliases file has owner 18 and group 544.

OK. /etc/exim.conf created from /etc/defaults/etc/exim.conf.

Looking for the fully qualified primary hostname.
Is it "clawks005.elided"? (yes/no) yes
OK. Exim will autodiscover that name.

OK. The mode and ownership of the /etc/exim.conf file are now:
-rw-rw-r-- 1 18 544 31000 Jul 21 11:35 /etc/exim.conf

OK. /usr/bin/exim points to /usr/bin/exim-4.62-1.exe.

INFO: Some programs expect /usr/sbin/sendmail to handle mail.
Currently it does not exist.
Linking to exim may affect other programs such as cron.
Do you want to link /usr/sbin/sendmail to /usr/bin/exim ? (yes/no) 
Do you want to link /usr/sbin/sendmail to /usr/bin/exim ? (yes/no) yes
OK. Done.

Do you want to install the exim daemon as a service? (yes/no) yes
Enter the period of the queue runner, in minutes: [15] 
Enter the value of CYGWIN for the daemon: [ntsec notraverse] 

Do you want to start the exim daemon as a service now? (yes/no) yes
OK. The mail daemon is now accepting mail.
    You can test it with "telnet localhost 25".

INFO: The exim log files are in /var/log/exim.

When everything else fails,
    read /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/exim-X-Y.README,
    or look up the documentation on www.exim.org.
Many happy mailings :)

$ ps -ef
     UID     PID    PPID TTY     STIME COMMAND
 sbaddah    3316       1 con  11:34:44 /usr/bin/rxvt
 sbaddah    3344    3316   0  11:34:44 /usr/bin/sh
  SYSTEM    3460       1   ?  11:36:02 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
  SYSTEM    3508    3460   ?  11:36:02 /usr/bin/exim-4.62-1
 sbaddah    3592    3344   0  11:36:06 /usr/bin/ps
$ cygrunsrv -S cygserver
$ ps -ef
     UID     PID    PPID TTY     STIME COMMAND
 sbaddah    3316       1 con  11:34:44 /usr/bin/rxvt
 sbaddah    3344    3316   0  11:34:44 /usr/bin/sh
  SYSTEM    3460       1   ?  11:36:02 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
  SYSTEM    3508    3460   ?  11:36:02 /usr/bin/exim-4.62-1
  SYSTEM    3608       1   ?  11:36:11 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
  SYSTEM    3636    3608   ?  11:36:11 /usr/sbin/cygserver
 sbaddah    3780    3344   0  11:36:20 /usr/bin/ps
(reverse-i-search)`-E': cygrunsrv -E cygserver
$ cygrunsrv -S sshd
$ ps -ef
     UID     PID    PPID TTY     STIME COMMAND
 sbaddah    3316       1 con  11:34:44 /usr/bin/rxvt
 sbaddah    3344    3316   0  11:34:44 /usr/bin/sh
  SYSTEM    3460       1   ?  11:36:02 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
  SYSTEM    3508    3460   ?  11:36:02 /usr/bin/exim-4.62-1
  SYSTEM    3608       1   ?  11:36:11 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
  SYSTEM    3636    3608   ?  11:36:11 /usr/sbin/cygserver
  SYSTEM    3808       1   ?  11:36:29 /usr/bin/cygrunsrv
  SYSTEM    3796    3808   ?  11:36:29 /usr/sbin/sshd
 sbaddah    3864    3344   0  11:36:32 /usr/bin/ps
$ ls -l /etc/passwd /etc/group 
-rwxr-xr--+ 1 sbaddah Users        11555 May 10 13:30 /etc/group
-rwxr-xr--  1 sbaddah Domain Users 64864 May 11 17:04 /etc/passwd
$ # You can see that these did not change
$ 

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