From: David Starks-Browning Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 14:46:56 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Remove entry "How do I set /etc up?" X-Git-Tag: newlib-1_9_0~336 X-Git-Url: https://sourceware.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dfc2c41a6c80090d76c65376fa7a94c496f40f90;p=newlib-cygwin.git Remove entry "How do I set /etc up?" (never been updated to latest, no longer helpful) --- diff --git a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo index 35bc11638..18c1b9b62 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo @@ -45,19 +45,6 @@ Note that bash interprets the backslash '\' as an escape character, so you must type it twice in the bash shell if you want it to be recognised as such. -@subsection How do I set /etc up? - -@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest -net release.)} - -If you want a valid /etc set up (so "ls -l" will display correct -user information for example) and if you are running NT (preferably -with an NTFS file system), you should just need to create the /etc -directory on the filesystem mounted as / and then use mkpasswd and -mkgroup to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group respectively. Since -Windows 95/98's Win32 API is less complete, you're out of luck if -you're running Windows 95/98. - @subsection Why doesn't bash read my .bashrc file on startup? Your .bashrc is read from your home directory specified by the HOME