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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:11:28 -0500
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From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org>
Subject: Re: mkpasswd and domain users.
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At 08:58 PM 2/20/2003 -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

Igor

>Will mk{passwd|group} -l attempt to contact the domain controller, then?
No

>If not (i.e.,
>similar to -c), will it print the correct information (especially group
>information)?

mkpasswd will print correct information but the full user name will be 
replaced by the Windows user name in the gecos field. 

mkgroup will print the correct gid and sid, but it will invent a
group name. It is currently set to mkgroup_l_d :)

Pierre