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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2003 11:10:54 -0600
From: "Brian J. Ackermann" <brianj774 AT gmx DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Strange new behavior...
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Understandable, but in my desperation I removed the entire C:\cygwin 
root directory, no to mention a number of regustry entries...

So, one might think I was thourough...

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

>Because even a complete uninstall won't remove user-created files (such as
>/etc/passwd), and a reinstall won't recreate them if they are already
>present.
>	Igor
>
>On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Brian J. Ackermann wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Yep, that did the trick (the mkpasswd -d -u solution)
>>
>>Thanks a bunch...
>>
>>I am still wondering why this didn't 'go away' after a complete
>>uninstall, and consequent reinstall?
>>
>>Brian
>>
>>    
>>
>>>>Vince says:
>>>>
>>>>sounds like something funny in /etc/passwd try regenerating it with
>>>>mv /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.old
>>>>mkpasswd -l >/etc/passwd
>>>>and if you are in a domain
>>>>mkpasswd -d -u "your username" >> /etc/passwd
>>>>        
>>>>
>
>  
>


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