mkpasswd and domain fail with windows network

I've had this problem in the past with in other organizations and have never been able to get around it. Problem: running mkpasswd w/ '-D' doesn't work/finish Details: I am running Cygwin on Windows 7 64 bit in a typical work environment. I don't think that matters because I've had this exact p

Re: No Network Access Nearly Resolved

Hi Corrina: > For a start, maybe you should set up /etc/passwd and /etc/group as they > are supposed to be, not as you think they should be: > $ mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd > $ mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group Even when I run mkpasswd from a dos prompt (that can see mkpasswd) and ca

Continued Networking Issues

I still haven't solved the networking issues on my PC. After including the standard .profile and .bashrc in my startup process, I now get this behavior: $ nslookup www.google.com /usr/src/ports/net/bind/bind-9.7.1-1/src/bind-9.7.1/lib/isc/unix/net.c:142: socket() failed: Operation not permitted

Add MAILUTILS to CYGWIN Downloadable Packages

There are a number of packages that are fairly common in LINUX distributions that are not available yet in CYGWIN, such as: - PHP - MAILUTILS When I try to install them myself, I encounter problems and find that others have often encountered the same thing. It would be wonderful if someone mor

RE: Strange message from updatedb

Okay, for a vanilla cygwin user, is there anything *I* should be doing, or just ignore it and wait for a patch. Thanks for helping. I use find all the time .. :-) -Original Message- From: Eric Blake [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 6:19 AM Cc: Furash Gary

RE: Strange message from updatedb

So is there anything I can do for win cygwin? -Original Message- From: Phil Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 11:51 AM To: Furash Gary Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Strange message from updatedb On 2/27/07, Furash Gary <[EM

RE: Strange message from updatedb

s /usr/bin /cygdrive/c/System\ Volume\ Information /c/cygwin' -Original Message- From: Phil Edwards [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:36 PM To: cygwin@cygwin.com; Furash Gary; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Strange message from updatedb Eric Blake: >&

RE: Strange message from updatedb

Here's the error messages I get /usr/bin/updatedb: line 241: /var/locatedb.n: Permission denied /usr/bin/find: Filesystem loop detected; `/c/cygwin' is part of the same filesystem loop as `/'. /usr/bin/find: /c/Program Files/MyEclipse Enterprise Workbench 5.1.0 GA/myeclipse/eclipse/plugins/org.cod

Strange message from updatedb

I'm running it on windows with this command updatedb --prunepaths='/cygdrive/c/windows /cygdrive/e /cygdrive/d /cygdrive/z cygdrive/y /proc /cygdrive/c/System\ Volume\ Information /usr /var /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/furashg/Local\ Settings/Temporary\ Internet\ Files' However, when I run