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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 17:40:26 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Default user accounts ?
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In-Reply-To: <3190-Thu31May2001162033+0100-starksb@ebi.ac.uk>; from starksb@ebi.ac.uk on Thu, May 31, 2001 at 04:20:33PM +0100

On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 04:20:33PM +0100, David Starks-Browning wrote:
> On Thursday 31 May 01, Corinna Vinschen writes:
> > The reason it's not in /etc/passwd now is either the account
> > didn't exist when `mkpasswd' has been called by setup or
> > your account is not a local account but a domain account.
> > 
> > Setup just calls `mkpasswd -l' to create a default passwd
> > file with the existing local accounts. To add domain accounts
> > you'll have to call `mkpasswd -d <domain>' and add the relevant
> > output to /etc/passwd. The same for /etc/group and the `mkgroup'
> > command.
> 
> This should go in the FAQ, shouldn't it?

Sounds reasonable.

Thanks,
Corinna

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