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Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 09:50:31 -0800
From: "Eric M. Monsler" <emonsler AT beamreachnetworks DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Archives: Why am I administrator?
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> On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:12:51PM -0800, Eric M. Monsler wrote:
> > I suspect that the source for the User's Guide is not in
> >HTML, anyway.
> 

Christopher Faylor wrote:
> It's not.  It is in sgml and it is included with the cygwin source, if
> you want to take a stab at producing a true diff.
> 
> cgf


I've attached a diff to setup2.sgml.  

Since I don't know sgml, and the winsup/doc directory failed to make
where I tar x'd it, somebody perhaps ought to proofread and visually
check the results of HTML and whatever other output is produced.

One open question, that ought to be answered before modifying the User's
Guide is:

> On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 05:12:51PM -0800, Eric M. Monsler wrote:
> >
> >1) Is Dave's approach correct in all/most cases?  Can someone more NT
> >domain knowledgeable comment?

Anyone?

Eric Monsler

P.S. If the patch is added to a release, would someone let me know? 
Thanks.
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86,87c86
< <command>ls -l</command> replaces the UID with a name) just
< do this:
---
> <command>ls -l</command> replaces the UID with a name) based on the accounts local to the machine, just do this:
96c95,118
< <para> Future changes to your NT registry will NOT be reflected in
---
> <para>If you are logging in based on an NT network domain, and want to
> also create entries in <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
> <filename>/etc/group</filename> based on all the accounts in the
> domain, then after creating local entries do this:
> </para>
> 
> <screen>
> <prompt>/$</prompt> <userinput>cd /etc</userinput>
> <prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkpasswd -d >> /etc/passwd</userinput>
> <prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkgroup -d >> /etc/group</userinput>
> </screen>
> 
> <para>Alternatively, to add only your account to the passwd file,
> assuming your NT name is "my_ntusername", instead of the above
> <command>mkpasswd</command> you should do:
> </para>
>  
> <screen>
> <prompt>/$</prompt> <userinput>cd /etc</userinput>
> <prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkpasswd -d | grep my_ntusername >> /etc/passwd</userinput>
> </screen>
> 
> 
> <para> Future changes to your NT registry or network domain will NOT be reflected in


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