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RE: ID command returns mkgroup


Thanks Larry.

I have attached the cygcheck.out file.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf
Of Larry Hall (Cygwin)
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 2:22 PM
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: ID command returns mkgroup

On 11/11/2009 02:15 PM, Dexter_Michael@emc.com wrote:
> 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...?

Read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found here:
> Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html

Pay close attention to the request to *attach* and not append cygcheck
output.

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Attachment: cygcheck.out
Description: cygcheck.out

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