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From:	Andrew DeFaria <ADeFaria AT Salira DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Cygwin & Domain Users
Date:	Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:12:12 -0700
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Doug Jenkinson wrote:

> I recently got a new laptop, and my account is part of a domain and 
> not a local one. As such, the cygwin config doesn't recognize it. My 
> first thought was to just edit /etc/passwd file, but I can't figure 
> out what my account's SUID is (that big long identifier that Win2k 
> uses). I'm sure once I look at a guide for the formatting of the file, 
> I can get the other factors. Does anyone know how to get that? Easier 
> still, does anyone know how to easily add my account to the file, or 
> to the cygwin setup? As for various needed details, this is a fresh 
> install of cygwin from 8/18/03 on Windows 2000.
> Thanks in advance.

Try mkpasswd -d -u <your username> >> /etc/passwd



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