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Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 20:10:12 -0400
To: jim DOT george AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk, "Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer AT krafteurope DOT com>
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: FW: Limit output of mkpasswd?
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Thomas probably did one of two things:

  1. Reviewed the email list archives for the discussion of this.

  2. Looked at the result of 'mkpasswd --help' or 'man mkpasswd'

Try that.

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At 04:22 PM 6/21/2002, Jim.George wrote:
>Can you tell us how?
>
>Jim
>
>On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Demmer, Thomas wrote:
>
>> Forget that,
>> I am an idiot....
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From:       Demmer, Thomas
>> > Sent:       Thursday, June 20, 2002 3:56 PM
>> > To: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
>> > Subject:    Limit output of mkpasswd?
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> > is there a way to limit the output of mkpasswd and mkgroup?
>> > I am sitting in a domain with some +30000 users and I don't know
>> > how many groups (at least +7000 as mkgroup figured out last night.
>> > Mine were not in...).
>> > Having the entries for just a limited number of entries that I give on
>> > the commandline would be helpful (Yes I know, if you need implement
>> > it yourself. That's what I tried last evening and got stuck on the one
>> > below).
>> > A pointer how mkgroup and mkpasswd derive the uid/gid from the
>> > SID would be appreciated, as I know how to get at the other
>> > fields myself.
>> >
>> > TIA
>> >
>> > Ciao
>> > Tom
>> >
>> > Thomas Demmer
>> > Kraft Foods R&D Munich
>> > Phone: +49 89 62738-6302
>> > Fax:      +49 89 62738-86302
>> >
>> > Thought of the Day:
>> > Command, n.:
>> >         Statement presented by a human and accepted by a computer in
>> >         such a manner as to make the human feel as if he is in control.
>> >
>> >
>>
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