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=ZfEipn869JV+nKvwjYIURQaZOfQAdkS2WqHz4YKIb0h5REznnIi75 cnnlNEiZJVAwqetBosyIOHLeZv90fgmzenBF13DbmPWQjHYgqZJMTbQR6k+svPLN oSvBd4jOm5a4d7O6qUhBDqOwE/WyIBYqGAuyWJj+bSBsySaRpCR0FU= 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=iq9qZZnVTOOJ1iLG71LDFtMBosg=; b=IViotLSbc9/T5A2j2v2xnuv5vxho chcbtDXh3hsTFkbpSOhleeh4OgwhSzI3cpxNt0kq8mt/YF7KUiIArhjhEcufui01 A8hfOM3CYp49SqLQt2Nd+Vv/eL7e9cEEKT6m6Gvj8fSfeKTd+ecHU91MnrLqJhgN /FizxwViblHVHZg= 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPAM_BODY1 autolearn=no version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:37:14 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 1.7.33-0.1 Message-ID: <20141022123714.GI32374@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <54479DEA DOT 3040608 AT alice DOT it> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rMWmSaSbD7nr+du9" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <54479DEA.3040608@alice.it> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) --rMWmSaSbD7nr+du9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Oct 22 14:07, Angelo Graziosi wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >The major change in this new release is the new method to read account > >(passwd and group) information from the Windows user databases directly, > >without the requirement to generate /etc/passwd and /etc/group files to > >generate Unix-like uid and gid. >=20 > Does it mean that the users with /etc/{passwd,group} files have to rename > them [*] before its installation TO TEST the new functionality? By default, Cygwin will use the file content, and fallback to requesting account info from Windows if an account is missing in pasdswd or group. As an example, just try `id': $ id uid=3D1049577(corinna) gid=3D1049701(vinschen) groups=3D1049701(vinschen),5= 45(Users),14(REMOTE INTERACTIVE LOGON),4(INTERACTIVE),11(Authenticated User= s),15(This Organization),4095(CurrentSession),66048(LOCAL),1049713(hirmke),= 1049089(Domain Users),1049148(Denied RODC Password Replication Group),40140= 8(Medium Mandatory Level) Remoing the files is one way to test, but it's the more awkward one. The better way is to create an /etc/nsswitch.conf file with the following content, and then stop your Cygwin shell and restart it: $ cat > /etc/nsswitch.conf <