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Dave Korn-6 wrote:
> 
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> 
>> It's best to just add the users and groups needed the passwd and group
>> files.  This will allow Cygwin to work with these users as Windows sees
>> them, which is really what you want.  If you just have the current user
>> to add, try:
>>
>>   mkpasswd -c >>/etc/passwd
>>   mkgroup -c >>/etc/passwd
> 
> ... after correcting the obvious cut'n'pasto, of course :)
> 
>     cheers,
>       DaveK
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Thanks all - that doesn't seem to bad.

Gareth
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