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From: "Salden" <gimmespam@comcast.net>
Subject:  Re: Getting windows groups to be recognised by cygwin.
Date:  Thu, 17 Mar 2005 13:24:42 -0500
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Message-ID: <d1chuh$pe1$1@sea.gmane.org>
References:  <d1c9g5$nj0$1@sea.gmane.org> <SERRANO3Zj36P8BpGWc0000007d@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>

Sorry I didn't elaborate.  I have followed the methods in the documentation. 
The only thing I have manually edited was the primary group id in the passwd 
file.  Whichever id I set it to, I assume that group but none of the others 
I am a member of in the windows config.

"Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com> wrote in message 
news:SERRANO3Zj36P8BpGWc0000007d@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM...
> ----Original Message----
>>From: Salden
>>Sent: 17 March 2005 16:00
>
>> I have a user configured in the passwd file and all of the groups they
>> are a memeber of in the group file.  It seems that cygwin only recognises
>> this user's default group assigned in the passwd file.  when I type
>> "groups" this is the only one displayed although in windows this user
>> belongs to multiple. Is there some trick to getting this to work?  I also
>> have these group entries added to the passwd file as well.
>
>
>  The /etc/passwd and /etc/groups files under cygwin don't have the same
> format as they do under unix/linux and you aren't very likely to succeed 
> if
> you try and create them manually from scratch.  Use the "mkpasswd" and
> "mkgroup" utilities to create them, like you were told to.
>
>
>    cheers,
>      DaveK
> -- 
> Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
>
> 


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