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From: "Henning, Brian" <brian DOT henning AT navitaire DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: password file format
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 15:32:32 -0600 
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I was able to read about the /etc/passwd file
Username: Password: UID: GID: Info: Home: Shell
and i was able to find out a little about how cygwin does it.

account:password:UID:GID:GECOS:directory:shell

i could not figure out what i should put for the GECOS entry.
i tried looking in the docs and on google some more..
any suggestions?

thanks,

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Max Bowsher [mailto:maxb AT ukf DOT net]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 2:01 PM
To: Henning, Brian; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: password file format


Henning, Brian wrote:
> Hello-
> I have been looking on google.com for the format of the cygwin
> /etc/passwd file and i have had little luck finding out what the
> fields mean. Can anyone point me to some docs or just tell me so i
> know what they are..  thanks!

Read any /etc/passwd doc for the unix standard format. The Cygwin users
guide explains the Cygwin stuff packed into the gecos field.

Max.

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