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: <17B78BDF120BD411B70100500422FC6309E4BB@IIS000> From: Bernard Dautrevaux To: "'Michael A Chase'" , Andrew DeFaria , cygwin Subject: RE: Suggestion for setup Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:17:46 +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: Michael A Chase [mailto:mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:46 PM > To: Andrew DeFaria; cygwin > Subject: Re: Suggestion for setup > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew DeFaria" > Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin > To: > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 13:46 > Subject: Re: Suggestion for setup > > > > Michael A Chase wrote: > > > > > I recently messed with the function that does that, so I > can confirm > that it > > > only runs mkpasswd and mkgroup if the corresponding files > don't exist. > > static void > make_passwd_group () > { > String fname = cygpath ("/etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.bat"); > io_stream::mkpath_p (PATH_TO_FILE, fname); > > if (uexists ("/etc/passwd") && uexists ("/etc/group")) > return; > . . . So /etc/passwd AND /etc/group are re-created if /etc/passwd OR /etc/group does not exist ;-( Would be better to condition creation of /etc/passwd to it not being present, and the like for /etc/group. 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/