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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 20:02:55 -0400
From: Glenn Spell <glenn AT gs DOT fay DOT nc DOT us>
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Subject: Re: /etc/passwd emulation
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In-Reply-To: <37DD8E44.8B6ABC9C@vinschen.de>; from "Corinna Vinschen" on Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 01:52AM
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On 14 Sep 1999 around  1:52AM (+0200) Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On 9X the cygwin UID and GID are lies anyway. The UID 500 would
> be Administrator on NT. IMHO we should let it as it is.

Actually, I have no problems either way. I've already
made accommodations for the current situation:
  BASH.EXE-2.03$ id
  uid=500(gs) gid=544(admins) groups=544(admins)

-glenn

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