From:	jj AT digisle DOT net (JJ Streicher-Bremer)
Subject:	Re: setting uid for new files?
6 Jan 1999 02:25:47 -0800 :
Message-ID:	<369254D2.50A18BA.cygnus.gnu-win32@digisle.net>
References:	<E0zxHdj-0003pw-00 DOT 1999-01-04-22-34-19 AT torres DOT gf1 DOT internal>
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To:	Marc Haber <Marc DOT Haber-usenet AT gmx DOT de>
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

The local administrators group translates to UID 544.

JJ


Marc Haber wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I am trying to build tar using cygwin B20. Since I don't have a tar
> executable on my Windows machine, I untarred the distribution on the
> UNIX box and used samba to transfer the files to the Windows box.
> 
> However, it doesn't seem to allow me to write in the directory I have
> just created:
> 
> |bash-2.02$ ls -al
> |total 236
> |drwxr-xr-x   9 544      Kein            0 Jan  4 21:33 .
> |drwxr-xr-x  10 544      Kein            0 Jan  4 21:33 ..
> |-rw-r--r--   1 544      Kein        11451 Apr 19  1997 ABOUT-NLS
> |-rw-r--r--   1 544      Kein         1040 Apr 19  1997 AC-PATCHES
> <snip>
> |drwxr-xr-x   2 544      Kein            0 Jan  4 21:33 tests
> |bash-2.02$ cat /etc/passwd
> |Administrator::500:513:::/bin/sh
> |Gast::501:513:::/bin/sh
> |mh::1000:513:::/bin/sh
> |bash-2.02$ cat /etc/group
> |Kein::513:
> |Everyone::0:
> |bash-2.02$ whoami
> |administrator
> |bash-2.02$
> 
> Where does that uid 544 come from?
> 
> Greetings
> Marc
> 
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