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Re: Building /etc/passwd from setup.exe
- From: Michael A Chase <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>
- To: John Morrison <john dot r dot morrison at ntlworld dot com>, cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 08:17:46 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: Building /etc/passwd from setup.exe
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- References: <NCEBJJFMCAOKNNABBFIMOEFHCMAA.john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com>
- Reply-to: Michael A Chase <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>
On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:02:39 -0000 John Morrison <john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > It seems desirable to
> > - have local users and groups always appear in /etc/passwd and /etc/group
>
> Why? I never log on locally when running on a network domain...
Don't a lot of the system files belong to the local account used for
installation? SYSTEM is also a local user though that is a special case.
I don't have a domain account right now so I can't check to see if '-d'
includes the special local users/groups.
> I think the -c is not a bad idea. I'll go with the majority
> about the domain stuff, but I think it should be there. Question:
> have you a known situation where $USERDOMAIN != hostname and
> you weren't logged into a domain?
For several years, I used my laptop both at work and at home. When not
at work, I logged in using cached user information.
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