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Date:	Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:17:26 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: adding a user in cygwin
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On Feb  5 18:06, Baurjan Ismagulov wrote:
> Hello, Tony.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 03:29:35PM +0000, Tony wrote:
> >    We have setup cygwin on an 2000 server and have the need to add a user to 
> > the box. We have added the user to the local admins and want to update 
> > the /etc/passwd file to reflect this. Do you have to do a recreation of 
> > the /etc/passwd file or is there a "useradd" command? 
> 
> Does "mkpasswd -l |grep ^newuser: >>/etc/passwd" work for you? Or you
> can recreate it if you haven't customized it.

mkpasswd -u <username>

Corinna

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