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Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:16:37 +0000
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Subject: Re: Cygwin and domain users...
From: Dave Korn <dave DOT korn DOT cygwin AT googlemail DOT com>
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Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:

> It's best to just add the users and groups needed the passwd and group
> files.  This will allow Cygwin to work with these users as Windows sees
> them, which is really what you want.  If you just have the current user
> to add, try:
>
>   mkpasswd -c >>/etc/passwd
>   mkgroup -c >>/etc/passwd

... after correcting the obvious cut'n'pasto, of course :)

    cheers,
      DaveK

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