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Re: setup clobbers passwd


Hallo Jerrad,

2001-10-26 18:11:59, du schriebst:

>>It doesn't, I run setup every day...

> Maybe I should be more clear...

> I use tcsh so I set my dshell to /bin/tcsh.
> Every single time I run setup it replaces the line in /etc/passwd
> and turns /bin/tcsh into /bin/bash

Well, why should this happen?

I changed my /etc/passwd to:
$ cat /etc/passwd | grep Gerrit
Gerrit::11002:10513:Gerrit Haase,S-1-5-21-511208647-1358714506-1167487308-1002:/home/Gerrit:/bin/tcsh

Now run setup:
$ /bin/setup.exe

Hey, what the hell, why can't I choose the drive to install from
anymore??

$ /cygdrive/p/instsoft/NewCD/SaveCygwin/cygwin/setup.exe

I just reinstalled clear package (the big one;)

$ cat /etc/passwd | grep Gerrit
Gerrit::11002:10513:Gerrit Haase,S-1-5-21-511208647-1358714506-1167487308-1002:/home/Gerrit:/bin/tcsh

So where is the difference?

Is it a difference on Win98? I don't know.

Gerrit
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