X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4B8C0B9C.8060006@mff.cuni.cz> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:46:52 +0100 From: Pavel Kudrna User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: How to properly set up /etc/passwd and /etc/group References: <4B8B7A01 DOT 5070606 AT wesbarris DOT com> In-Reply-To: <4B8B7A01.5070606@wesbarris.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 Wes Barris wrote: > On 03/01/2010 12:05 AM, Wes Barris wrote: > > I have installed cygwin on many systems. ... > a long listing of my home directory shows a bunch of '?' question marks > as the owner and group fields like this: > > drwxrwxrwt+ 1 ???????? ???????? 0 2010-01-10 17:13 Projects If you used Sysprep utility to clone to many PCs the problem is missing right for System account in / and below, see I have solved the problem by adding rights with the command cacls "C:\Program Files\cygwin" /T /E /G SYSTEM:F before running sysprep. After that minisetup (running under System account) can correct old SID in ACLs also in cygwin directories and question marks disappear. With greetings Pavel Kudrna -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple