From 783341b6294d03dd6bfbc20df996cffc4014d426 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:32:07 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message *** --- winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.33 | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.33 b/winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.33 index 5b2c7a24d..11c99f305 100644 --- a/winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.33 +++ b/winsup/cygwin/release/1.7.33 @@ -1,9 +1,14 @@ What's new: ----------- -- Introduce reading passwd/group entries directly from SAM/AD, thus allowing - to do without /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Introduce /etc/nsswitch.conf - file to configure passwd/group handling. +- Cygwin can now generate passwd/group entries directly from Windows + user databases (local SAM or Active Directory), thus allowing to run + Cygwin without having to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. + Introduce /etc/nsswitch.conf file to configure passwd/group handling. + + For bordercase which require to use /etc/passwd and /etc/group files, + change mkpasswd/mkgroup to generate passwd/group entries compatible + with the entries read from SAM/AD. - /proc/cygdrive is a new symlink pointing to the current cygdrive prefix. This can be utilized in scripts to access paths via cygdrive prefix, even -- 2.43.5