Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <17B78BDF120BD411B70100500422FC6309E4B9@IIS000> From: Bernard Dautrevaux To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" Subject: RE: Suggestion for setup Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:45:10 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf AT redhat DOT com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 6:51 PM > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Subject: Re: Suggestion for setup > > > On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 06:31:04PM +0100, Bernard Dautrevaux wrote: > >Oh, I didn't think at that ;-( Obviously a way to avoid > running "mkpasswd > >-d" in such a case would be useful. > > This is just an issue for first time installations, right? AFAICT, > /etc/passwd should not be produced if there is already a /etc/passwd. > Ditto /etc/group. > > I guess the best solution is to present the user with several options > > 1) Create /etc/passwd using local accounts? > > 2) Create /etc/passwd using domain accounts? > > 3) Create /etc/passwd using local and domain accounts? > > 4) Don't create /etc/passwd Yes that would be nice (although 4 may perhaps not really be needed). > > Then we have to remember what the user wanted. This is only needed if we want to implement choice 4, and expect the user *never* to create any /etc/passwd - /etc/group file. Bernard -------------------------------------------- Bernard Dautrevaux Microprocess Ingenierie 97 bis, rue de Colombes 92400 COURBEVOIE FRANCE Tel: +33 (0) 1 47 68 80 80 Fax: +33 (0) 1 47 88 97 85 e-mail: dautrevaux AT microprocess DOT com b DOT dautrevaux AT usa DOT net -------------------------------------------- -- 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/