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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:43:47 -0400
From: Li-Kai Liu <news AT likai DOT net>
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To: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Latest Install - Domain account - File permisssions
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Corinna Vinschen wrote:

>>actually, i am using ntsec. does ntsec have impact on what mkpasswd or 
>>mkgroup is outputting?
>>
>
>Nope.  It can't.  ntsec needs the passwd file which mkpasswd
>produces.  It's a chicken-egg problem.
>
>Corinna
>
i thought so ... is there a way to make mkpasswd generate correct group 
id output?

or else, i've thought of writing a small program that gracefully 
combines current cygwin setting (/etc/passwd, /etc/group) and NT setting 
(mkpasswd, mkgroup). everytime i change a user on NT requires me to 
first generate mkpasswd over existing /etc/passwd, potentially losing 
info on user shell selection, and lose the past manual corrections on 
group id. the small program will take care of automatically correcting 
group id in mkpasswd output and importing shell selection from previous 
/etc/passwd. do you think there is necessity in doing this?

liulk



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