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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
Subject:  Re: How to add user under Cygwin
Date:  Wed, 20 Jul 2005 12:53:42 -0700
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Ayam Jantan wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to know how do I add a user under cygwin? I try the 
> following command adduser or useradd nothing works. I'm currently 
> trying to install Gnats ( GNU Bug Tracking System ) works under 
> windows server and required to adduser gnats.

Cygwin runs under Windows. There are no users in Cygwin that do not 
exist in Windows first. Create the Windows user first then use mkpasswd 
to add that user to /etc/passwd.
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