Re: system account files mystery

Andrew Louie wrote:

dsacks <dennis <at> calico-consulting.com> writes:

>

>
> wait, if I try to vi /etc/sshd_config now I cannot write it, because it is
> owned by SYSTEM and has restrictive rights.
>
> How do I edit system files now? I don't really grok the permission world in
> cygwin and how unixy permissions and users map to windows.

Did you try chown your_user_id /etc/sshd_config ? to change the ownership to you
so you can edit it?







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