Sorry I didn't elaborate. I have followed the methods in the documentation. The only thing I have manually edited was the primary group id in the passwd file. Whichever id I set it to, I assume that group but none of the others I am a member of in the windows config.
"Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----Original Message---- >>From: Salden >>Sent: 17 March 2005 16:00 > >> I have a user configured in the passwd file and all of the groups they >> are a memeber of in the group file. It seems that cygwin only recognises >> this user's default group assigned in the passwd file. when I type >> "groups" this is the only one displayed although in windows this user >> belongs to multiple. Is there some trick to getting this to work? I also >> have these group entries added to the passwd file as well. > > > The /etc/passwd and /etc/groups files under cygwin don't have the same > format as they do under unix/linux and you aren't very likely to succeed > if > you try and create them manually from scratch. Use the "mkpasswd" and > "mkgroup" utilities to create them, like you were told to. > > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > -- 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/
