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DEMARCHE wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm runnning Cygwin 1.5.23 on XP and my C program refers to pwd.h library.
> 
> It seems like the /etc/passwd file struct is not compliant with the C struct 
> password ( as defined in pwd.h ).
> 
> Indeed, users are defined as :
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
> bdemarch121406:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:97662:10545:bdemarch121406,U-
> EUR\bdemarch121406,S-1-5-21-2052699199-3915784498-1582209984-
> 87662:/home/bdemarch121406:/bin/bash
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
> 
> and struct passwd :
> 
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
> struct passwd {
> 	char	*pw_name;		/* user name */
> 	char	*pw_passwd;		/* encrypted password */
> 	uid_t	pw_uid;			/* user uid */
> 	gid_t	pw_gid;			/* user gid */
> 	char	*pw_comment;		/* comment */
> 	char	*pw_gecos;		/* Honeywell login info */
> 	char	*pw_dir;		/* home directory */
> 	char	*pw_shell;		/* default shell */
> };
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
> 
> May be I'm wrong, but the number of items doesn't correspond to each other.
> 
> May be I'm worng but I think that the gcc compiler is not able to parse each 
> items.
> I thank you for all details and explanations.

Ignore the pw_comment field.  It is not used.

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