Eliot Moss sent the following at Friday, April 22, 2011 1:03 PM >On 4/22/2011 12:27 PM, Matthias Meyer wrote: >> Matthias Meyer wrote: >> As normal user "grep 1033 /etc/passwd" don't deliver a result. So I >> removed /etc/passwd. >> After this the mysterious was removed too. It seems there was two >> files /etc/passwd on the same place. An old one (without the user >> 1033) and the actual one. >> >> Anyone knows how it is possible to have one file two times? > >One of the is actually named passwd.exe ?
Not that these are likely, but as long as you asked .... Streams? Mount points? For example, create c:\cygwin\etc and c:\cygwin\usr\etc. Place passwd files in both. Then mount c:\cygwin\usr\etc on /etc. (Note: I haven't tested this to see if it actually works.) Windows does something vaguely like mount points. One's desktop contains files from both C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop and C:\Documents and Settings\username\Desktop. Ditto for ...\Start Menu. - Barry Disclaimer: Statements made herein are not made on behalf of NIAID. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
