Message-Id: <200507210226.j6L2QQnv018893@delorie.com> 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 From: "Herb Martin" To: "'Raz'" , Subject: RE: How to add user under Cygwin Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 21:26:36 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-reply-to: > AFAIK, Windows 9x did not ship with the "net" command. I > think you could download the "net" command in some form for > Windows 98, but I don't know how close it is to the > WinNT/Win2000/WinXP version. The Net (add/view/etc) command is on the 9x platforms but there are some minor differences with the NT version(s) even in the main commands, and I am unsure about the subcommands that deal with accounts which likely would be missing since 9x had no accounts database. Herb Martin, MCT, MCSD, MCSE, MVP HerbM@LearnQuick.Com http://LearnQuick.Com 512 388 7339 -or- 1 800 MCSE PRO Accelerated MCSE in a Week Seminars > -----Original Message----- > From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com > [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Raz > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:18 PM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: How to add user under Cygwin > > On 7/20/05, Christopher Faylor > wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 04:23:31PM -0400, Etienne Mbuyi wrote: > > >$ net user AyamJ password /add /yes > > >$ net localgroup AyamJ /add $ mkpassd -l > -u AyamJ >> > > >/etc/passwd > > > > Does this work on Windows 9x, too? It seems like some kind > of script > > or program which packaged these commands into a "useradd" > or "adduser" > > would be pretty valuable for cygwin. > > AFAIK, Windows 9x did not ship with the "net" command. I > think you could download the "net" command in some form for > Windows 98, but I don't know how close it is to the > WinNT/Win2000/WinXP version. > > > > > Anyone interested in researching this? > > > > cgf > > > > -- > > 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/ > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Dan Day > http://razzerblog.blogspot.com > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/