Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: Chris Faylor Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 10:43:51 -0500 To: Andreas Helfenberger Cc: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Subject: Re: mkpasswd, mkgroup Message-ID: <19991202104351.A864@cygnus.com> Reply-To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Mail-Followup-To: Andreas Helfenberger , cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com References: <384666B6 DOT CDE54732 AT metrohm DOT ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <384666B6.CDE54732@metrohm.ch>; from he@metrohm.ch on Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 01:31:50PM +0100 On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 01:31:50PM +0100, Andreas Helfenberger wrote: >In your: >-------- > >Cygwin Documentation > > Cygwin User's Guide > >The installation of password and group will not work: >----------------------------------------------------- >Under Windows NT, if you want to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group (i.e. >so ls -l replaces the UID with a name) just do this: > > /$ cd /etc > /etc$ mkpasswd > /etc/passwd > /etc$ mkgroup > /etc/group >-------------------------------------------------- > >I think you should insert the -l Option like > >/etc$ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd > /etc$ mkgroup -l > /etc/group > >I do not know wheter or not this bug is already reported. Why is this a bug? cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com