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On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 09:53, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:42:35AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: > >On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 07:40, Christopher Faylor wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 07:36:08AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: > >> >If we can depend on a correct /etc/passwd we should be able to do > >> >something. We will need to have a postinstall script for cygwin1.dll > >> >that sets the permissions on cygwin1.dll, mkpasswd and mkpgroup, and > >> >ensure that that script runs first, but that is all (off the top of my > >> >head - may be wrong :}) > >> > >> Sounds like a catch-22 to me. How can we run anything except a .bat file > >> invoking windows utilities if cygwin1.dll or any other executable may not > >> actually be executable? > > > >Yep. Thus the .bat file to ensure that the mkpasswd and mkgroup commands > >and cygwin1.dll are executable. > > One of us is missing something. *How* would you ensure that mkpasswd and > mkgroup are executable? What executable would you run? cacls.exe. IIRC that comes with NT. If I recall incorrectly, I'll need to go think a little. Rob -- --- GPG key available at: http://users.bigpond.net.au/robertc/keys.txt. ---
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