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Subject: Cygwin 1.5.16 (0.128/4/2): -  mkpasswd (249) : [5] Access denied  error while running mkpasswd / mkgroup command
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:55:27 +0530
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From: "Moghe, Jayant" <jayantm@ti.com>
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Cc: "Moghe, Jayant" <jayantm@ti.com>, "Rao, Prashanth" <prao@ti.com>
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We have Cygwin 1.5.16 and is installed on Windows 2000 server. 

When I run command 

> mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd
Or
> mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group,

I get the following error message

mkpasswd (249) : [5] Access denied 

Please help me resolving this issue.

Thanks.

Best regards,
Jayant 

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