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From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <freeweb AT nyckelpiga DOT de>
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To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:11:20 +0200
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Subject: Re: Inserting new user.
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> nvasconcelos AT genius DOT org DOT br schrieb am 2001-08-27 12:27:

>Hi,
>
>How can I to insert a new user ??
>

I use the WindowsNT User Manager for that.
After adding a user there with the needed rights,
i need to regenerate /etc/passwd

	$ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
or:	$ mkpasswd -l | grep newusername

and insert it manually to /etc/passwd

Gerrit


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