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RE: Re: [update] base-files


Igor,

Thanks!

On this machine (it's domain rather than home which isn't)

$ mkgroup -cl | grep mkgroup_l_d
mkgroup_l_d:S-1-5-21-1491927668-2094530616-1660491571-1141:11141:

I'll just add it to the test with the same message, it'll
be repackaged in a minute or two (will post then).

Thanks again,

J.

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> John,
> 
> AFAIU from the mkgroup code, the group value "mkgroup_l_d" is created
> when the current user is a domain user but the utility was called
> without a -d flag.  Basically this is meant as a warning that the
> default passwd and group creation didn't get all the relevant
> information (and that things may break because of that).  Pierre,
> Corinna, feel free to correct me. 	Igor 
> 
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, John Morrison wrote:
> 
>> This is the only reference I can find to mkgroup_l_d;
>> 
>> $ grep -rin mkgroup_ *
>> winsup/utils/mkgroup.c:477:  printf ("mkgroup_l_d:%s:%u:",
>> print_sids ? put_sid (tg.psid) : "", 
>> 
>> what does it do (and what should I say when `id -ng` =
>> "mkgroup_l_d")? 
>> 
>> J.
>> 
>> On Mon, 11 Aug 2003, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
>> 
>>> I am on vacation and using an unsubscribed address from an
>>> internet cafe, hence the personal mail to Igor.
>>> Thereis no other than mkpasswd, mkgroup and mkgroup_l_d.
>>> Checking uid's becomes useless with 1.5, don't bother.
>>> 
>>> Pierre
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
>>>> Date: 2003/08/10 Sun PM 01:20:13 EDT
>>>> To: John Morrison <john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com>
>>>> CC: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [update] base-files
>>>> 
>>>> John,
>>>> 
>>>> On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, John Morrison wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> At last, a new version of base-files to try :)
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>> I've also added a test for id -ng = "mkpasswd" or = "mkgroup"
>>>>> along with a message.  Hopefully this might cut down on the number
>>>>> of "I have no user" messages :)
>>>> 
>>>> Did you also check for the "mkgroup_l_d" value?  There might be
>>>> some more, too -- Pierre would probably know right away; if he
>>>> doesn't chime in, I'll take a look at the code. 
>>>> 
>>>>> If there's a similar test I can do for UID "out of range" I'd
>>>>> be happy to add that to.
>>>> 
>>>> I doubt you can check the *current* UID for being out of range, as
>>>> the numeric value returned is already truncated.  You could check
>>>> if /etc/passwd contains UID+65536 or UID+131072 (the most common
>>>> case and the next possible one) and issue a warning (with
>>>> instructions to patch up /etc/passwd) in that case... 
>>>> 
>>>> FYI, we're working on a set of new tests in cygcheck, and checking
>>>> /etc/passwd and /etc/group planned as one of those tests.  If
>>>> there's a way to check whether the UIDs are 16-bit or 32-bit
>>>> (other than checking 
>>>> 1.3 vs 1.5, which, now that I think of it, might also work),
>>>> cygcheck could then issue a warning if /etc/passwd contains UIDs >
>>>> 64k. 
>>>> 
>>>> One last note: any messages printed from postinstall scripts are
>>>> not seen by the user -- they go directly to setup.log.full.  So,
>>>> if you want this to be seen, we better either move this
>>>>     functionality to cygcheck, or duplicate it there. Igor


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