L A Walsh writes: > If you don't have /etc/passwd or /etc/group, cygwin will generate > DOMAIN+USER entries dynamically each time you start cygwin (or per-boot) > if you have cygwin processes started at boot.
This is wrong. Cygwin never "generates" those nor do they change, they are coming from the DC. I do think they get cached if you run cygserver, but I'm not sure about that. > If you want consistency -- same user names+id's with each boot and > MS-Win compatible names, you may want to create /etc/passwd > and /etc/group using mkpasswd, mkgroup and hand tuning. It isn't > suggested for most users, but it may be something you want. There aren't very many situations where you'd still need either of those, especially not if your machine is a domain member. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- 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
