X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <474F5351.1000805@cygwin.com> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:03:29 -0500 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Problem with mkgroup References: <747279 DOT 82250 DOT qm AT web36811 DOT mail DOT mud DOT yahoo DOT com> In-Reply-To: <747279.82250.qm@web36811.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Erik Weibust wrote: > I am having problems with a new cygwin install on windows vista business. > > The first time I log in I get an error message about my group being > mkgroup. The error message states to run mkpasswd and mkgroup with the -d > flag for domain users. I get a very large passwd file when running this. Am > I safe to delete the majority of the users from the passwd file, mainly just > leaving my own login? I'm guessing there are some "admin" type users that > probably need to still be there. Is there a list of the users to keep, > because my file if very, very long? You can trim out whatever you like from the file but you should make sure that you leave whatever groups your users are a part of. There shouldn't be a great harm in leaving well enough alone though. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/