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: <4AFC3695.5050400@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:23:49 -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: <4AFB0EEA.4020806@cygwin.com> <4AFB527A.1040007@cygwin.com> 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 11/12/2009 09:14 AM, Dexter_Michael@emc.com wrote: > Well I am not really sure exactly what I should be seeing. I think the > command I ran was incorrect, also I had stopped the command from > completing half way through. Now if I look at me /etc/groups file there > appears to be an entry for every single group in the company but it > stops at G - this must be where I had hit CTRL+C to break out of the > command. Right. Makes sense. > Should my ID output be the same as when I log into a unix server here, > or would it be different? My cygwin is running on a Windows workstation > so maybe it is grabbing my AD groups as opposed to my NIS groups. The former. Cygwin operates on Windows to create a POSIXy environment on Windows. It's not a Linux/UNIX VM running on Windows. -- 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