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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:31:43 +0200
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To: Teemu =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kanstr=E9n?= <teka@mail.student.oulu.fi>
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Subject: Re: creating user in NT-Server
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Is the nt server you're talking about a domain controller ? if
so and you're loggin in the domain instead of the local domain 
ie the domain with the name of the workstation you're working on
try using mkpasswd -d YOUR_DOMAIN_NAME_HERE > /etc/passwd

Teemu Kanstrén wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
>  How do I create a new user to cygwin in windows nt-server? I have
> succesfully created new users in nt workstation by adding a user with the
> User Manager but in NT-server the user manager is for domains and even if
> i use it to create a local user (by setting the domain to the computer
> name) and then run "mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd" i still get "login failed"
> when i try to relogin to cygwin using the "login" command. I checked the
> /etc/passwd file and the users had been added there but for some reason I
> still cant login with them. So what am I doing wrong and how is adding
> users to nt-server different from nt workstation?

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