Strange new behavior...

[Brian J. Ackermann]

Good to know,

Although I still find it curious that it had been working until last 
week sometime, when I updated...

Thanks much!!

Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

>Oops, sorry, should have read your message more carefully...
>/etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.sh simply does not create domain users.  I'm
>sure this fact is documented somewhere, but I can't find it at the moment.
>	Igor
>
>On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Brian J. Ackermann wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Understandable, but in my desperation I removed the entire C:\cygwin
>>root directory, no to mention a number of regustry entries...
>>
>>So, one might think I was thourough...
>>
>>Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Because even a complete uninstall won't remove user-created files (such as
>>>/etc/passwd), and a reinstall won't recreate them if they are already
>>>present.
>>>      Igor
>>>
>>>On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, Brian J. Ackermann wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Yep, that did the trick (the mkpasswd -d -u solution)
>>>>
>>>>Thanks a bunch...
>>>>
>>>>I am still wondering why this didn't 'go away' after a complete
>>>>uninstall, and consequent reinstall?
>>>>
>>>>Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>>Vince says:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>sounds like something funny in /etc/passwd try regenerating it with
>>>>>>mv /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.old
>>>>>>mkpasswd -l >/etc/passwd
>>>>>>and if you are in a domain
>>>>>>mkpasswd -d -u "your username" >> /etc/passwd
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
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