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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:47:56 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Latest Install - Domain account - File permisssions
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On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 03:43:47PM -0400, Li-Kai Liu wrote:
>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?

I think that you should add this capability to mkpasswd and mkgroup if
it is important.

cgf

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