Building /etc/passwd from setup.exe

John Morrison john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com
Sun Dec 8 09:03:00 GMT 2002


> From: Pierre A. Humblet
> At 01:02 PM 12/8/2002 -0000, John Morrison wrote:
> >
> >Glad you commented at the time this was up for debate...
> 
> Sorry, I totally missed that discussion.
> Better late than never?

Ok...

> >Adding the domain users at work is a mear second or so.  Those networks
> >where it is bigger than that, I'm afraid I can't offer any suggestions
> 
> Earnie Boyd recently suggested -u, which would already go a long way.
> In addition, -c avoids contacting the PDC.
> 
> >Why?  I never log on locally when running on a network domain...
> 
> Others do. Also you probably are in the local Users group, but you
> don't see it. 

Possibly, how can I tell?

> >so add a -c to mkgroup too...
> 
> That has crossed my mind but I don't know any way to find the 
> primary group name without asking the PDC.
> 
> >BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS! 
> 
> I totally agree :(
> 
> >The whole idea was so
> >*anyone* can install cygwin - local OR domain user and get what
> >they expect.
> 
> That's exactly why I suggest -c.
> 
> >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?
> 
> No. But I have only checked on one machine. 
> By the way that test is not needed in the script with -c, because it
> is then done in a case insensitive manner by mkpasswd itself.  

See the posting from Earnie Boyd.

J.



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