cygwin 1.7.5, 'id -ng' fails when /etc/group is a symlink

[DePriest, Jason R.]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 10:57 PM, Ken <> wrote:
> I was of the understanding that junctions were not supported over a CIFS
> share (my ultimate target; as with 1.5x).  Perhaps you have information to
> the contrary?
>
> Since I have to manage the Win XP side for the foreseeable future, it
> appears that I will have to adopt another methodology to centrally manage
> these files due to the new 1.7x symlink implementation.
>
> That said, I still think Cygwin is GREAT!
>
> Thank you again,
> Ken
>

I looked up some information on NTFS junction points.

From Wikipedia: "Junction points can only link to directories on a
local volume; junction points to remote shares are unsupported."

You could try Microsoft DFS which *does* support network mounts.

You could also try fsutil to create a hard link to the /etc/group file
(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc788097%28WS.10%29.aspx).

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