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On 8/7/2015 5:04 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> 
> So, editing /etc/passwd or /etc/nsswitch.conf is *that* hard?
> 

It could be difficult due to distribution of process.  As others have
stated, leave it alone.  It's worked since day 1 it should work for the
life of Cygwin.  There is no good reason to force the change.

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