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Re: No Network Access Nearly Resolved
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:55:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: No Network Access Nearly Resolved
- References: <004a01cbcfb5$e4a1a4a0$ade4ede0$@com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Feb 18 14:50, Gary Furash wrote:
> I am running the latest Cygwin installation on Windows XP w/ all the latest
> windows patches. Here are the symptoms/facts.
>
> 1. When I delete the passwd and groups file, Cygwin makes a dummy logon for
> me. I can do all sorts of normal network activity from the command line (
> SSH, etc.). However, I don't think this is what you're supposed to do.
>
> 2. I have no local account for my user on the PC. It is associated with a
> windows domain account.
>
> 3. When I setup the groups and password files the way I think they should be
> setup, I have no access.
For a start, maybe you should set up /etc/passwd and /etc/group as they
are supposed to be, not as you think they should be:
$ mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd
$ mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group
Corinna
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