DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 delorie.com 56LGXWme3047274 Authentication-Results: delorie.com; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=cygwin.com Authentication-Results: delorie.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cygwin.com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 delorie.com 56LGXWme3047274 Authentication-Results: delorie.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key, unprotected) header.d=cygwin.com header.i=@cygwin.com header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=d+GdoBSI X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 2DCFD3858CDB DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1753115611; bh=iA7z/vH5AJg93abQ4RWKNKBXHS7OJAd3gK1+ByPFYeM=; h=References:In-Reply-To:Date:Subject:To:List-Id:List-Unsubscribe: List-Archive:List-Post:List-Help:List-Subscribe:From:Reply-To: From; b=d+GdoBSIdjZXmkXnViO9s8suecITur0vfL5kqg7QQUJ67uUX5uWY2fXFUbzGHIKkH 2PdOJeCoBmwk8OLpa5rEkPbmdod+jfincH4Z0B6u1wiVCu1Ipe9Mm98ZFCqJw3ZZhP kzbmymgVm8o5S2OK4RoBHCQwDynK6VrRjABz9o0g= X-Original-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 9EA093858D1E ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 9EA093858D1E ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1753115588; cv=none; b=h5J1+FU2rystLkI7d9aowXA6Ias3ks8QDF0tTyeR7ddjhE5bo/U8KL4VP5+cvRYrpIy1y6LiroEV/uvO6xoCCjd+xFWrb6lHGjlI9uQysjN8SNIGe7h7CHPFHHvRn/Dw0UKnN3Svqn1cSgCdJORiFXeHr7njOZmCwusEUm3uek8= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1753115588; c=relaxed/simple; bh=UKo7KT3MBlT8nixOt0dGOZWeocilctxHoz0mghhCxaI=; h=DKIM-Signature:MIME-Version:From:Date:Message-ID:Subject:To; b=Z/x8cBtLCJP/4Y7b3DTHJnXGjdxBByafG8cTrIjorFLEYf4KXVLPdV759Q07Lo1Ya5B02AM48WDabgyiPWyBboO2Q9Yi2FiVAI9ypfi8/7BUH0wh9m91ghysPQiGGuL/gwcPW43TLIdvuuqUF9XucBX7vOtxAlspLPO7vGEHOiw= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.org DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 9EA093858D1E X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1753115587; x=1753720387; h=content-transfer-encoding:to:subject:message-id:date:from :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=5FTe93wbNzq0aPdCHHCeIZtSzR5B0Ocupu7iiC0aggM=; b=ULg7Fb5lxVFU8ILK451gqFKjpwrLs1e6rD9EGbPmdpsUCyYRUuEn/Xr4AWTa0gH5+2 TGQWU7NAUQx57YQpwUiLmTJ6Xj8baPXvd5syuQE6WD1CHvwuQvwboZImhJ7uiA9hb+dt mZ8BJbiyWLAgSqIYGoN+krZbNEKiUHKfe6Cweoy5fnrXUyaLGCibZbrS8bL49RbR7cF8 FfFlTPkDpecN6XdCWgXj5KRlvvXq6D2JCYOURyQa5gdq+ZKOk15FDtxla/A8fsz2uq7t Zco7ljXR0xpAZKvrs/syOfKXglGaYbYYNuhxr0r+VN0G8vHwn18xrT58dPz2ytcv44YO k0UQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxmDlFkIWxvS2U3Y/ils4zQnDWgFDLuW42Jy3hq4aHaL737+5Fx kewIep7lXwWlJSTG6jGKNQGpNZM5M/00nAK2WxTt9236jKiw6qQjmVItX9N9nldGQlP5emoxTdc SJogGTWV9ul6NhSdYBuR4TMP9qwiv6Z92Xo+C5XQ= X-Gm-Gg: ASbGnctoxonbxBGTZAIX87wh+RypST8G4AhfG12Gu+MI6bepSRr6MrpacQvSWv360S2 awrOsLli040JubJ5wRq1/GnX6r3UgnU/xDS6sidESBbjVbzj8tOdP4OLv2CH3AfSFeQGMy0VvPr CcpplUd8Kufg9CfeVVW6Rj5LDDeR15m6MAAOapYvqhEPuc98QCQaM8L2SUa4pNyYjkyF1QoEiLP DYombR4B0inzzJJuA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGoQlfu3RZDH66i5t6R3LQOf21R1Hp9qb1q/vNfzpq+4LS6/KPmCSnKyXuJtgnjls1yBghYl3nPFWH8Xe/Mb7g= X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:3e23:b0:aec:65d1:cc30 with SMTP id a640c23a62f3a-aec65d1d19emr1418484566b.44.1753115586948; Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:33:06 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2ea0e5b3-76ae-4e23-bb6e-0c1e0814e94c AT gmx DOT de> <0a8832b5-3ac5-4e0a-b142-0b638f6052fd AT SystematicSW DOT ab DOT ca> In-Reply-To: <0a8832b5-3ac5-4e0a-b142-0b638f6052fd@SystematicSW.ab.ca> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2025 18:32:30 +0200 X-Gm-Features: Ac12FXz8c2ILDcPR0VsmoBeupjUnAHcDQ7pyJd9PxS9-ijy8edGhNaTBT1W7n_o Message-ID: Subject: Re: User "MariaDB" not seen by Cygwin, but it is there To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-BeenThere: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: =?utf-8?q?Aur=C3=A9lien_Couderc_via_Cygwin?= Reply-To: =?UTF-8?Q?Aur=C3=A9lien_Couderc?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Sender: "Cygwin" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by delorie.com id 56LGXWme3047274 On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM Brian Inglis via Cygwin wrote: > > On 2025-07-21 08:19, Matthias Andree via Cygwin wrote: > > Am 21.07.25 um 14:53 schrieb Aurélien Couderc via Cygwin: > >> I installed MariaDB (mysql fork) on my system, which per task manager > >> runs as it's own user "MariaDB". > >> > >> But Cygwin 3.7 from today cannot see the user "MariaDB", both getent > >> passwd MariaDB and getent passwd return no lines. > >> > >> Any clues what I am doing wrong? > > > > Did you create a local /etc/passwd file, say, through mkpasswd? If you did, > > maybe long ago -- maybe you need to re-run it and update your passwd file. > > > > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/mkpasswd.html > > Preferably delete it and possibly modify /etc/nsswitch.conf: > > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch That file does not exist. I think the problem is that Cygwin does not want to list accounts from "NT SERVICE" and "NT AUTHORITY", except you prefix that with "+". And that makes me mad, because it sucked up the time of around 25 students here for 90 mins in the class to find THAT solution. The professor KNEW the solution, but made it a group exercise for us to figure this bug out. Aurélien -- Aurélien Couderc Big Data/Data mining expert, chess enthusiast -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple