On 08/06/2009 12:52 PM, Göransson David wrote: > Hi all >> I am trying to execute some scripts on a Win2003 R2 virtual machine via ssh. The problem is that the user running on the remote machine isn't what I expect. >> When running > ssh administrator@10.0.2.15 whoami > it gives me > deployment-w2k3\cyg_server >> However, if I start with > ssh adminstrator@10.0.2.15 > and in the resulting shell write > whoami > I get > Adminstrator >> I use public key authentication, which I have understood can create some problems, but it seems to me that since it works in the second case, it shouldn't have anything to do with that. > Is there something to execute to change user, set user variables and such? I tried /etc/profile, but that didn't work. No. This is a limitation of the SSH under Cygwin 1.5.x. You can try Cygwin 1.7 <http://cygwin.com/#beta-test> which provides more options to deal with the issue of public key authentication. See <http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-setuid-overview> for details and options. "Method 2" is probably what you want. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple