Hi guys,
I just uploaded the new getent package and sent the announcement, I'm repeating myself here because this is really important and I'm not sure everybody on this list reads the cygwin and cygwin-announce lists. In short, we want to get rid of the requirement to maintain /etc/passwd and /etc/group files, per http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-02/msg00306.html In future, tools and scripts, especially service installation helper scripts like my ssh-host-config, must not rely on being able to grep user and group information from /etc/passwd and /etc/group. Rather, the scripts should be changed to use the getent tool as soon as possible. Usage for checking passwd: $ getent passwd <username...> I'd like to ask all maintainers providing such scripts, including myself, to look into their packages and fix them to use the getent tool. Thanks, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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