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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:34:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Warren Young <warren AT etr-usa DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Tool to manage Windows accounts?
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On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Warren Young wrote:

> Jimmy James wrote:
> >
> > Is it possible to manage the actual Windows user accounts at all through
> > cygwin?
>
> Perl can do this through the Win32 CPAN module.  (Included with Perl, I
> believe.)  But take it up on a more appropriate list; it isn't Cygwin.

Passwords can be changed using the 'passwd' Cygwin tool (just like in
Linux), as long as the user for whom the password is being changed is in
/etc/passwd.

Changing group membership and adding users isn't currently possible with
Cygwin tools, AFAIK.  One could use the "net" Windows command for this
("net user").
	Igor
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