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On Aug 1 20:22, Achim Gratz wrote: > Corinna Vinschen writes: > > base-cygwin creates the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files (and the next > > version won't). What is base-files doing to these files? > > I misremembered, it currently only checks for "mkpasswd", "mkgroup" and > "group_GID_clash" and only warns about this and admonishes the user to > run: > > "mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd" > "mkgroup -l [-d] > /etc/group" > > It doesn't actually run those commands. But both the warnings and the > possible remedies might have to be removed or adapted. These fake accounts don't exist anymore. Unknown SIDs (unlikely) will return an "Unknown User/Group" entry, or, if "db" is disabled in /etc/nsswitch.conf, getpwnam and friends will return NULL. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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