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RE: Problems with mkpasswd and mkgroup
Greetings, KÐre Edvardsen!
> I've installed cygwin "system wide" on a client (W7 32b) from an account
> with full Administrators privileges. However, opening a Bash shell (or
> xterm) as another user prompts:
> Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that your
> gid is not in /etc/group and your uid is not in /etc/passwd
> The /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files should be rebuilt.
> See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run
> mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd
> mkgroup -l [-d] > /etc/group
> Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users.
> Before asking too many questions I should inform you that the settings
> etc. for the various users on the W7 client resides on a separat server.
> I've tried various suggestions found in the lists, but with no success.
> Obviously, there is a solution to my problem, but I'm struggling to find
> the right one.
It's in front of your eyes.
Don't you see it?
> mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd
> mkgroup -l [-d] > /etc/group
I wish it was that simple...
As I said, I've tried various solutions (you'll find several posts around the topic in the list) but non of them seem to solve my problen. meaning:
mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd
and
mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group
(or using any other flags) does not make any difference...
Cheers,
Kare