Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <032b01c15dda$e50ea340$0200a8c0@lifelesswks> From: "Robert Collins" To: "Mathew Boorman" , References: Subject: Re: mkpasswd -d and big domains Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:58:46 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 26 Oct 2001 05:03:11.0898 (UTC) FILETIME=[82EE97A0:01C15DDB] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mathew Boorman" To: Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 11:24 AM Subject: mkpasswd -d and big domains > Hi, > > I had a problem running mkpasswd becuase our 'user domain' is overseas, and > has about 13k people in it. I don't want 13k people, and to just run it > will take a LONG time. > > Is anyone working a a fix? I would suggest adding either > a --current_user option for -d that only get the currently logged in user. Noone is working on a fix. > Alternatively accepting a list of account names to grab would also be > acceptable, and more flexible too. Good suggestion. > I can't use cvs from behind our firewall, so it would be a while before I > can grab the code to look at patching it. You don't need cvs to grab the code. Simply run setup.exe and check the tick box for src in the appropriate package (cygwin itself). You may need to click on show full first to see the cygwin package. mkpasswd doesn't change very often so you should be able to submit a patch of the tarball source without trouble. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/