Subject: Re: passwd with cygwin
From: [email-masked] (Corinna Vinschen)

28 Jan 1999 13:33:40 -0800
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To: Miroslav Luptak <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]

Miroslav Luptak wrote:
> 
> Hello, Corinna.
> 
> I am trying your passwd program, but it does not touch my
> /etc/passwd file. Could you please send me some instructions
> for correct installation and usage of your passwd ?

`passwd' doesn't work on /etc/passwd but on the WinNT user
database. It's useless, to write passwords into /etc/passwd for
login purposes on a NT computer.

Regards,
Corinna

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