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-Info: This message was accepted for relay by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net as the sender used SMTP authentication X-Trace: UmFuZG9tSVZqf3ywk/289z1+A1uhsuP1vWWp9aGJfzqRl9lGqNR+CHJzmUktFJqG Message-ID: <3EEA1700.4010106@cygwin.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:25:04 -0400 From: Larry Hall Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030529 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Robb, Sam" CC: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: mkpasswd usage in passwd-grp.sh References: <3D848382FB72E249812901444C6BDB1DE4DDFB@exchange.timesys.com> In-Reply-To: <3D848382FB72E249812901444C6BDB1DE4DDFB@exchange.timesys.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Robb, Sam wrote: > I've noticed an odd behavior from mkpasswd (as run from > the postinstall script passwd-grp.sh) when installing > Cygwin. > > I've been testing the command-line options from the > CVS head, so I've done this a couple of times. For > these tests, I'm logged in and installing as a domain > user. > > In a clean install, the postinstall script passwd-grp.sh > runs the command: > > /bin/mkpasswd -l -c > /etc/passwd > > This generates a password file that an entry that looks like: > > sam.robb:...:/cygdrive/c:/bin/bash > > Note the home directory is '/cygdrive/c'. The home > directories for the local accounts are as expected, > ex. '/home/administrator', etc. > > If I run "/bin/mkpasswd -l -c -p /home" from the command > line, I get an entry with the expected home dir set: > > sam.robb:...:/home/sam.robb:/bin/bash > > Is there any reason why passwd-grp.sh shouldn't or > couldn't be modified to specify the '-p /home' option? It could be modified to do this. However, I think one could make an argument that this change would result in "unexpected" home directories for others who want their home directory to be dictated by their Windows account information. But maybe not. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/