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From: "Malghan, Ravi" <rmalghan AT btspartners DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: how to set a passwd for a user
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 07:59:49 -0500
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Hi Max: I do have a passwd for the user in windows. But it is not
"unused_by_nt/2000/xp". Also this user is not a local user so I had to use
mkpasswd -d to get the user info. Does that make any difference in the way I
should have it.

Thanks
Ravi

-----Original Message-----
From: Max Bowsher [mailto:maxb AT ukf DOT net]
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 7:55 AM
To: Malghan, Ravi; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: how to set a passwd for a user


Malghan, Ravi wrote:
> Hello: I did a mkpasswd -d <My Domain Name>, grepped for my username
> and added that line to /etc/passwd file. The passwd shows up as
> "unused_by_nt/2000/xp". How do I set the passwd?

In Windows.

>
> rmalghan:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11904:10513:Malghan,
>
Ravi,U-STERLING\rmalghan,S-1-5-21-357909863-1982466852-483988704-1904:/home/
> rmalghan:/bin/bash
>
> Thanks in advance
> Ravi

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