Problem with "None" Group on Non-Domain Members

Chris J. Breisch chris.ml@breisch.org
Tue May 6 12:23:00 GMT 2014


Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 05/05/2014 06:39 PM, Chris J. Breisch wrote:
>> 513/None is in /etc/group. It's the next to last line. The line above
>> is the
>> last line and apparently comes from some prior invocation of 'mkgroup
>> -c'. I
>> never knew until this moment that there was a 'mkgroup -c', so I
>> didn't do
>> it. :) I am guessing that's part of Cygwin's postinstall?
>
> Yes. See /etc/postinstall/000-cygwin-post-install.sh*
>
> I'm not quite sure why your user and its ID ended up in your group file
> though. I don't see it in mine and invoking 'mkgroup -l -c' doesn't
> enumerate it. For the moment, you can try removing this line and
> see if it helps with your problem.
>

No, no changes at all. I bet that you're not surprised though.



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Chris J. Breisch

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