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RE: Cygwin 1.5.16 (0.128/4/2): - mkpasswd (249) : [5] Access denied error while running mkpasswd / mkgroup command
- From: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- To: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 13:08:08 +0100
- Subject: RE: Cygwin 1.5.16 (0.128/4/2): - mkpasswd (249) : [5] Access denied error while running mkpasswd / mkgroup command
----Original Message----
>From: Moghe, Jayant
>Sent: 14 June 2005 12:25
> We have Cygwin 1.5.16 and is installed on Windows 2000 server.
>
> When I run command
>
>> mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd
> Or
>> mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group,
>
> I get the following error message
>
> mkpasswd (249) : [5] Access denied
Assuming the perms on the files are ok (they should usually be -rw-rw-rw-,
which would give network security palpitations if they knew about it....!),
perhaps you have a cygwin service running that is keeping them locked open?
cheers,
DaveK
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