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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:57:17 +0100
From: David Sastre <d DOT sastre DOT medina AT gmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Proper Setting of mkpasswd and mkgroup
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On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 02:09:40PM -0700, Gary Furash wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:55:09AM -0700, Gary Furash wrote:
> > > Problem:
> > > 1. When I create a file or such using cygwin, it says that the group=
=20
> > > is "mkpasswd".
> > >=20
> > > What's the proper combination of MKPASSWD and MKGROUP commands to run=
?=20
> >=20
> > Backup both files first (/etc/passwd and /etc/group).
> > Try to rebuild your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files by issuing:
> >=20
> > $ mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd
> > $ mkgroup  -l [-d] > /etc/group
> >=20
> > Please refer to the manpages of mkpasswd and mkgroup regarding the use =
of
> > -d/-D for machines inside a Domain.
> >=20
> > There are also detailed instructions in /etc/profile on how to deal with
> > this.
> Thank you David. However, I did do that, I just didn't understand it. :-)

Did you read the manpages?

> I assume there is a mkgroup and mkpasswd you issue if you have a stand-al=
one
> machine, and a slightly different one you issue if you're part of a windo=
ws
> domain.

Exactly. That is what the -d/-D option does.

> However, I'm definitely not doing the right thing, since when I run bash.=
exe
> from the dos command line to run in the background, it fails with the
> "everything is MKGROUP" error.

Have you tried using another terminal, like mintty, and see if it
makes a difference?

What exactly is the output of the commands above?

Also, please, don't top post and try not to quote email addresses in
your responses.
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