On Nov 18 07:33, Christian Franke wrote: > Corinna Vinschen wrote: > >Hi folks, > > > > > >I just uploaded getent-2.18.90-3. > > > >getent is a Glibc tool which allows to fetch host, passwd, group, > >protocol, and service information via a simple tool. > > > >The -3 version introduces the ability to ask for passwd and group > >entries via Windows username/groupname, using the "U-" prefix as > >in Cygwin's pw_gecos field: > > > > $ getent passwd U-BUILTIN\\Administrator > > Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: > > > >You can skip the domain name. In this case getent relies on the > >default account name resolution order of the underlying LookupAccountName(*) > >function > > > > $ getent passwd U-Administrator > > Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: > > Looks good. > > What is the future way to map cygwin group names to windows group names? > Unlike struct passwd, the windows name does not appear in struct group. > > "getent wingroup CYGGROUP" with some help of a new cygwin_internal function?
I have something in the loop but... why do you need this? Consider: The Cygwin accountname is either just a name, or it is domain+account, or it is machine+account. So, whatever it is, echo $cygwin_accountname | sed -e 's/+/\\/' will always return a valid Windows accountname. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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