User "MariaDB" not seen by Cygwin, but it is there

[Brian Inglis]

On 2025-07-21 08:19, Matthias Andree via Cygwin wrote:
> Am 21.07.25 um 14:53 schrieb Aurélien Couderc via Cygwin:
>> I installed MariaDB (mysql fork) on my system, which per task manager
>> runs as it's own user "MariaDB".
>>
>> But Cygwin 3.7 from today cannot see the user "MariaDB", both getent
>> passwd MariaDB and getent passwd return no lines.
>>
>> Any clues what I am doing wrong?
> 
> Did you create a local /etc/passwd file, say, through mkpasswd? If you did, 
> maybe long ago -- maybe you need to re-run it and update your passwd file.
> 
> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/mkpasswd.html

Preferably delete it and possibly modify /etc/nsswitch.conf:

	https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch

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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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