Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com X-Originating-IP: [12.254.208.112] X-Originating-Email: [mgainty@hotmail.com] From: "Martin" To: "Elfyn McBratney" , "cygwin" References: <191690-220033124164617979@M2W096.mail2web.com> <00b601c2f23f$0f38b030$ab474e51@ellixia> Subject: Re: cygwin running problem with mysql Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:57:47 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Mar 2003 20:58:20.0209 (UTC) FILETIME=[19AC6210:01C2F248] Thanks Elfyn Apparently passwd file requires the SID how do I obtain the SID which corresponds with mysql username or groupname Sorry for the bother! -Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elfyn McBratney" To: "cygwin" ; "Martin" Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 12:53 PM Subject: Re: cygwin running problem with mysql > > I am attempting to install mysql but the install script dies on groupadd > and > > useradd commands > > how do I do groupadd with cygwin? > > how do I do useradd with cygwin? > > Cygwin does not have {user,group}add in it's net distribution. If you are on > Windows NT/2000/XP you can use the `net' command, which is shipped with > windows, which can add users/groups. On word though: In Windows you cannot > have a user and group with the same name so you will have you play with > /etc/passwd so you can have a user/group as mysql/mysql. > > > Regards, > > Elfyn McBratney > elfyn@exposure.org.uk > www.exposure.org.uk > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/