On Sep 8 17:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I noted recently that the user "system" seems to have vanished. > > > Likewise the user and the group SYSTEM no longer seem to exist. > > .... as evidenced by: > > $ chown system xxx > chown: `system': invalid user
That's the problem. I don't know how it disappeared from your /etc/passwd, but `mkpasswd -l' always creates an entry for the user system. Just readd it. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
