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-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: GVillemure@ik.ca via neo.connectedgear.com X-Qmail-Scanner-Rcpt-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.16 (Clear:. Processed in 0.589338 secs) Message-ID: <001901c41a2a$f0210160$5e3c3951@neo> From: "Gerald Villemure" To: References: <004301c419a3$e6308680$5e3c3951@neo> <20040404091005.GA26575@cygbert.vinschen.de> Subject: Re: /etc/passwd -> /proc/mkpasswd Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:55:17 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corinna Vinschen" > On Apr 3 19:48, Gerald Villemure wrote: > > I wonder if it would be possible to do something like this: > > > > /etc/passwd -> /proc/mkpasswd > > /etc/group -> /proc/mkgroup > > > > These sym links would make the 2 files dynamic and would simplify setup > > somewhat. > > OTOH, it would make the layout of these files rather static. What if > the files should contain accounts from multiple domains? What if you > want to map a Windows user name with spaces into a Cygwin user name > witout spaces? I agree the user should have a choice, thats why its a sym link. If you want custom files then break the sym link and create the files manualy. Gérald -- 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/