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Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 06:41:58 -0600
From: Eric Blake <ebb9 AT byu DOT net>
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According to Corinna Vinschen on 4/6/2005 2:04 AM:
> 
> In Cygwin you can change the primary group to any group you're member of
> by changing the pw_gid entry (e.g. 545 for "Users").

Is there any way in cygwin to implement the POSIX-required utility newgrp,
and add such a utility to cygutils?  It would be nice to dynamically
change groups rather than having to change the pw_gid entry every time I
want my primary group changed.

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Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             ebb9 AT byu DOT net
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