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Subject:	Cygwin 1.5.16 (0.128/4/2): - mkpasswd (249) : [5] Access denied error while running mkpasswd / mkgroup command
Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:55:27 +0530
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From:	"Moghe, Jayant" <jayantm AT ti DOT com>
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Cc:	"Moghe, Jayant" <jayantm AT ti DOT com>, "Rao, Prashanth" <prao AT ti DOT com>
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We have Cygwin 1.5.16 and is installed on Windows 2000 server. 

When I run command 

> mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd
Or
> mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group,

I get the following error message

mkpasswd (249) : [5] Access denied 

Please help me resolving this issue.

Thanks.

Best regards,
Jayant 

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