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From:	Bernard Dautrevaux <Dautrevaux AT microprocess DOT com>
To:	"'Michael A Chase'" <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>,
	Andrew DeFaria
	<Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>, cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: Suggestion for setup
Date:	Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:17:46 +0100
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A Chase [mailto:mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:46 PM
> To: Andrew DeFaria; cygwin
> Subject: Re: Suggestion for setup
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew DeFaria" <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
> Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin
> To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 13:46
> Subject: Re: Suggestion for setup
> 
> 
> > Michael A Chase wrote:
> >
> > > I recently messed with the function that does that, so I 
> can confirm
> that it
> > > only runs mkpasswd and mkgroup if the corresponding files 
> don't exist.

	<skipped>

> 
> static void
> make_passwd_group ()
> {
>   String fname = cygpath ("/etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.bat");
>   io_stream::mkpath_p (PATH_TO_FILE, fname);
> 
>   if (uexists ("/etc/passwd") && uexists ("/etc/group"))
>     return;
> . . .

So /etc/passwd AND /etc/group are re-created if /etc/passwd OR /etc/group
does not exist ;-(

Would be better to condition creation of /etc/passwd to it not being
present, and the like for /etc/group.

	Bernard

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