ID command returns mkgroup

Dexter_Michael@emc.com Dexter_Michael@emc.com
Wed Nov 11 19:23:00 GMT 2009


Hi,

I opened cygwin and typed "id" and I noticed the word mkgroup was listed two times after my username.

So I search on this error and found the following command to fix:
mkpasswd -l -c > /etc/passwd; mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group


But now when I run id I get a totally different result.  It seems the command has placed my userid into a number of ironious groups including Administrators.  As fun as that sounds, it seems like I have given myself power I should not have as a basic user.

Can someone help me to correct my id output and rebuild my passwd or group files correctly...?

Thanks
Mike
 

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