At 08:52 PM 2/14/2002, David Kohn wrote: >I'm running cygwin 1.3.9 on a NT40 server. >I've created /etc/passwd by issuing mkpasswd -du selected-id >> /etc/passwd . >I'm having a problem with one id. this id is domain id and has been added to the >local admin group. >when I logon to the server with this id and start cygwin, the shell comes up and says >I don't have any name. >so I issue the whoami command and it comes back with uid 30823. The passwd file >records for this id shows a uid of 96359. >when I replace the 96359 with 30823 the shell seems to act correctly. >Does anyone know why I'm getting different (and incorrect uid) for this or any id ?
Check the email archives. There has been discussion about the size of the uid/gid fields. Currently, they are 'short'. That's the problem you're seeing. See the code/Changelog for any changes underway. They'll take a while to propagate to all the affected utilities. Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
