Re: passwd questions with cygwin 1.7

2009-02-27 Thread Paul McFerrin
When I'm ready to launch to 1.7, I'll start all over from the ground up. Thanks for the hint about GID of 401. I've been using 401 for years. I assumed that if installed from the ground up, I should have received a warning abount GID of 401 conflict. An alternate, leave the conflict in the

Re: passwd questions with cygwin 1.7

2009-02-27 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 26 16:46, Paul McFerrin wrote: > OKAY, I have some passwd questions & problems associated with cygwin 1.7. > > PRIOR to 1.7, my UID/GID for "Paul" account was 501/401 and all of my > files have correct ownership. When I created /etc/passwd via: Ouch. 401 is a FAKE gid which was supposed

passwd questions with cygwin 1.7

2009-02-26 Thread Paul McFerrin
OKAY, I have some passwd questions & problems associated with cygwin 1.7. PRIOR to 1.7, my UID/GID for "Paul" account was 501/401 and all of my files have correct ownership. When I created /etc/passwd via: cd /etc mkpasswk -l -p $HOME >x vim x { changed: UID/GID to 501/4