X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to
	:references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; q=dns; s=
	default; b=btIfCf/7PAiefBfAh0AK0CmUjIlTnvyLsQqd8rCeOY0LhJqFTBtHD
	peBuk9KC0f1ZihPPldaXCNqZnMttQh+8hHJuBfYjeHQttuxp1m5hjO5gza3xuqjN
	DTvAvTsvakUGijQiUWUGDTGK+QEE4qvYAK+Hml+T8lGLEfCsjMwdaI=
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id
	:list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post
	:list-help:sender:date:from:to:subject:message-id:reply-to
	:references:mime-version:content-type:in-reply-to; s=default;
	 bh=opWeezAOvQeTCVwBAj20Xa7CHJ0=; b=VX/AXGyNhvEdJZMqMTR9hn9xHVYU
	3BeBZesdzCS+UYa4eGoHYs7HkwUQxtpncgscpiWvg4aI9+eeyrX8PuP7vM25codi
	YgDW5qELsoUoPZIAZruBTYI9FG5LfjLkeK092qKowxEVs4Rk5Qo+9Fuyzq1md8K6
	brGcW+QltrNGXjY=
Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id: <cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,TW_MK autolearn=ham version=3.3.1
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 12:19:56 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Cygwin mkpasswd giving The format of the specified domain name is invalid
Message-ID: <20130514101956.GB23910@calimero.vinschen.de>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
References: <CAGDPfJosmUDH49uJ=TKx6iLo6pFOJ1ArQ34p6Bd2qr_RYx2NGg AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <CAGDPfJpf11SjXTAyFUNTM7WpYS5psCaFYWT8d89ZY7HtvmqtEg AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Disposition: inline
In-Reply-To: <CAGDPfJpf11SjXTAyFUNTM7WpYS5psCaFYWT8d89ZY7HtvmqtEg@mail.gmail.com>
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)

On May 14 11:01, Sorin Sbarnea wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am unable to make mkpasswd/mkgroup to work on a Windows 2003 R2
> Enterprise x64.
> 
> While trying to finish Cygwin config and running mkpasswd -l -d and
> mkgroup, it fails with the following error:
> 
> $ mkpasswd -l -u sorins -d /etc/passwd

Ouch.  mkpasswd always sends the output to stdout.  mkpasswd --help
would have shown you:

  $ mkpasswd --help | head -14
  Usage: mkpasswd [OPTIONS]...

  Print /etc/passwd file to stdout

  Options:

   -l,--local [machine[,offset]]
                           print local user accounts with uid offset offset
                           (from local machine if no machine specified)
   -L,--Local [machine[,offset]]
                           ditto, but generate username with machine prefix
   -d,--domain [domain[,offset]]
                           print domain accounts with uid offset offset
                           (from current domain if no domain specified)

By just specifying /etc/passwd after the -d option, mkpasswd handles it
as domain name and this clearly isn't a domain name.  You're missing the
io redirection:

  $ mkpasswd -l -u sorins -d > /etc/passwd


Corinna

-- 
Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer                 cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat

--
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