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Re: invalid login gid in /etc/passwd does not show group name as 'mkgroup'
- From: Herb Maeder <maeder-cygml at maeder dot org>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Cc: John Morrison <john at morrison dot mine dot nu>, Igor Peshansky <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:42:45 -0700
- Subject: Re: invalid login gid in /etc/passwd does not show group name as 'mkgroup'
On 15 Oct 2008 16:59:00 +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > To summarize, I'm proposing to:
> >
> > * add the 'passwd/group_GID_clash' case
> > * delete the 'mkgroup_l_d' case
> > * provide definitions for the special group names in the comment above
> > the case statement
> > * modify the statements to the user to more accurately describe the
> > nature of the problem
> >
> > Any opinions on if these modifications are a good idea or not?
>
> Sounds good to me. I moved this thread to the cygwin-apps list, please
> let's keep it here now. John is maintaining the base-passwd package,
> but if I understood him correctly, he was going to hand over this
> package to Igor. I don't recall getting a reply about this from Igor.
I sent the patch to cygwin-apps in this message:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2008-10/msg00048.html
> What happens to base-passwd now? John, do you stay maintainer? Igor,
> are you taking over? If none of you is interested, are you interested
> to take over maintainership, Herb?
I appreciate the vote of confidence, but I don't believe that I would be a
good candidate. The time I get to spend with cygwin at this level is very
sporadic. If you'd like a more detailed explanation or would like to
convince me otherwise, feel free to contact me personally.
Herb.