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RE: Building /etc/passwd from setup.exe
- From: "John Morrison" <john dot r dot morrison at ntlworld dot com>
- To: <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 17:01:03 -0000
- Subject: RE: Building /etc/passwd from setup.exe
> From: Michael A Chase
> <john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
> > > It seems desirable to
> > > - have local users and groups always appear in /etc/passwd
> and /etc/group
> >
> > Why? I never log on locally when running on a network domain...
>
> Don't a lot of the system files belong to the local account used for
> installation? SYSTEM is also a local user though that is a special case.
I don't believe this matters. I *think* they can be set and used
correctly even without entries in /etc/passwd and /etc/group.
> I don't have a domain account right now so I can't check to see if '-d'
> includes the special local users/groups.
No, I'm not on a domain atm either...
> > I think the -c is not a bad idea. I'll go with the majority
> > about the domain stuff, but I think it should be there. Question:
> > have you a known situation where $USERDOMAIN != hostname and
> > you weren't logged into a domain?
>
> For several years, I used my laptop both at work and at home. When not
> at work, I logged in using cached user information.
Again, I believe that as a cached user the above should be true,
if anyone knows otherwise, *please* tell me.
J.