passwd/group/grent fixes for Cygwin 3.5.1?

Dan Shelton dan.f.shelton@gmail.com
Tue Feb 27 03:21:15 GMT 2024


On Mon, 26 Feb 2024 at 10:18, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 26 04:44, Dan Shelton via Cygwin wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > Can these 3 commits please be backported to the Cygwin 3.5.1 branch?
> >
> > 4 days agoCorinna VinschenCygwin: getgrent/getpwent: avoid local
> > enumeration...commit | commitdiff | tree
> > 4 days agoCorinna VinschenCygwin: getgrent: fix local SAM enumeration
> > on domain...commit | commitdiff | tree
> > 5 days agoCorinna VinschenCygwin: passwd/group: drop Capability
> > SIDscommit | commitdiff | tree
>
> Did changing db_enum in /etc/nsswitch.conf help on your test machine?

Yes, just adding "local" to db_enum worked, but it is not much of a
solution since I need Administrator rights on the target machine,
which is not going to happen.

Why are local groups excluded by default?

Dan
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