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Re: mkpasswd/mkgroup ... although only helper tools
- From: "Houder" <houder at xs4all dot nl>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2014 10:34:20 +0100
- Subject: Re: mkpasswd/mkgroup ... although only helper tools
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <1176d13b660c2744d20b6108fc9dc9b4 dot squirrel at webmail dot xs4all dot nl> <20141128091135 dot GK3810 at calimero dot vinschen dot de>
> On Nov 28 09:24, Houder wrote:
>> Test:*:197614:197121:Test,U-Seven\Test,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1006:/home/Test:/bin/bash
>> ^^^^ <==== gecos field has THREE members (iso two)
>
> For the gecos content, it's created not the same way in Cygwin vs.
> mkpasswd and this won't change. See the thread starting at
> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-11/msg00580.html
Did you notice the difference between (Guest, Henri) and (Test, UpdatusUser) ?????
They are all 'S-1-5-21-X-Y-Z account/SIDs' ... but the gecos field of Guest and Henri only have TWO
members ... that is, what is the difference between Henri and Test (both are local accounts, created
by me)?
That why I said, "to me this output is inconsistent" ...
Henri
Guest:*:197109:197121:U-Seven\Guest,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash
Henri:*:197608:197121:U-Seven\Henri,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1000:/home/Henri:/bin/bash
...
Test:*:197614:197121:Test,U-Seven\Test,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1006:/home/Test:/bin/bash
^^^^ <==== gecos field has THREE members (iso two)
UpdatusUser:*:197609:197121:UpdatusUser,U-Seven\UpdatusUser,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1001:/home/UpdatusUser:/bin/bash
^^^^^^^^^^^ <==== ditto
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