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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 08:46:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: David Balazic <david DOT balazic AT hermes DOT si>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: RE: Directory problems after fresh install of v1.3.22-1
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On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, David Balazic wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > >   Are you logging
> > > in as a domain user by any chance?
> > Yes.
> > >   Are your /etc/passwd and /etc/group up
> > > to date?
> > I don't know. What does it mean "up to date" what must be their content ?
> They should have an entry for the user you log in as.  Since you installed
> as a different user (admin), mkpasswd will not have put in the entry for
> the domain user.  Try running "x:\cygwin\bin\mkpasswd -u <youruser> -d >>
> passwd" from "x:\cygwin\etc".

You may also need to do "x:\cygwin\bin\mkgroup -d >> group" from
"x:\cygwin\etc" -- be prepared, it may take a while in large domains.

> > >   Please run "c:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe -l /bin/ls" from a cmd.exe
> > > prompt and post the output.
> >
> > It is on drive X:
> > C:\>x:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe -l /bin/ls
> > /usr/bin/ls: /bin/ls: No such file or directory
>
> Okay, try ".\ls.exe .\ls.exe" from "x:\cygwin\bin"?
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oops, make that ".\ls.exe -l .\ls.exe"...  Sorry.
	Igor
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