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From: mh AT mike DOT franken DOT de (Michael Hirmke)
Subject: Re: owner/group of files confused
8 Sep 1998 12:32:20 -0700 :
Message-ID: <70RG$vJppfB.cygnus.gnu-win32@mike.franken.de>
References: <35F2061E DOT 2A6E22A4 AT erols DOT com>
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To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Hi Matthew,

[...]
>The output of mkpasswd -l is this:
>
[...]
>and is the contents of /etc/passwd

No, it isn't. The output of mkpasswd comes directly from the NT SAM.
Maybe you redirected it to /etc/passwd some time, so both are equal.

>
>The output of mkgroup -l is:
[...]
>and is the contents of /etc/group

Same here.

>
>The output of mkpasswd -g is this:
[...]
>and is the contents of nothing.

It also comes from the NT SAM, not from some plain text file.

[...]
>
>Any suggestions?

No, no explanations and no hints - sorry.
But a "same problem here".

Bye.
Michael.
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