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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:04:15 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: "Everyone" needed in /etc/passwd? (Was Re: uw-imapd -> server crashing)
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On Sun, Aug 03, 2003 at 05:34:03PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> As of recent versions (don't remember the exact one, but definitely before
> 1.3.22), the "Everyone" group is *not* added to /etc/passwd by default by
> the mkpasswd utility.  If this presents a problem for some applications
> (imapd?), Corinna and Pierre should know about this (if only to tell us
> that it's a bug in imapd).  I'm reposting this with a clearer subject to
> bring it to their attention.
> 	Igor
> 
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, Kevin Camera wrote:
> 
> > Hi Stephan,
> >
> > You need to add the Everyone account to your /etc/passwd.  Make sure
> > these two lines exist:
> >
> > Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0::

Yes, Igor is right.  Do *not* add an Everyone entry to passwd and group.

Corinna

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