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From: "Vince Hoffman" <vince DOT hoffman AT uk DOT circle DOT com>
To: "Malghan, Ravi" <rmalghan AT btspartners DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <A0EEDFB70902D4118BDA00508BC21C4B028A00F0 AT copper DOT belenosinc DOT com>
Subject: Re: how to set a passwd for a user
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 13:23:22 -0000
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It shouldnt make any difference at all. (the "unused_by_nt/2000/xp" bit
should give you a clue that on windows 2k/xp/NT windows handles the
password.)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Malghan, Ravi" <rmalghan AT btspartners DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:59 PM
Subject: RE: how to set a passwd for a user


> 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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