X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4AFB0EEA.4020806@cygwin.com> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:22:18 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ID command returns mkgroup References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 On 11/11/2009 02:15 PM, Dexter_Michael@emc.com wrote: > Hi, > > I opened cygwin and typed "id" and I noticed the word mkgroup was listed > two times after my username. > > So I search on this error and found the following command to fix: > mkpasswd -l -c> /etc/passwd; mkgroup -l -d> /etc/group > > > But now when I run id I get a totally different result. It seems the > command has placed my userid into a number of ironious groups including > Administrators. As fun as that sounds, it seems like I have given myself > power I should not have as a basic user. > > Can someone help me to correct my id output and rebuild my passwd or > group files correctly...? Read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here: > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Pay close attention to the request to *attach* and not append cygcheck output. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple