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Date:	Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:22:18 -0500
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On 11/11/2009 02:15 PM, Dexter_Michael AT emc DOT com wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I opened cygwin and typed "id" and I noticed the word mkgroup was listed
> two times after my username.
>
> So I search on this error and found the following command to fix:
> mkpasswd -l -c>  /etc/passwd; mkgroup -l -d>  /etc/group
>
>
> But now when I run id I get a totally different result. It seems the
> command has placed my userid into a number of ironious groups including
> Administrators. As fun as that sounds, it seems like I have given myself
> power I should not have as a basic user.
>
> Can someone help me to correct my id output and rebuild my passwd or
> group  files correctly...?

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A: Yes.
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