----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 09:51 Subject: Re: Suggestion for setup
> On Wed, Mar 06, 2002 at 06:31:04PM +0100, Bernard Dautrevaux wrote: > >Oh, I didn't think at that ;-( Obviously a way to avoid running "mkpasswd > >-d" in such a case would be useful. > > This is just an issue for first time installations, right? AFAICT, > /etc/passwd should not be produced if there is already a /etc/passwd. > Ditto /etc/group. > > I guess the best solution is to present the user with several options > > 1) Create /etc/passwd using local accounts? > > 2) Create /etc/passwd using domain accounts? > > 3) Create /etc/passwd using local and domain accounts? > > 4) Don't create /etc/passwd > > Then we have to remember what the user wanted. Not necessarily. The existance of /etc/password is already being checked in setup.exe. So if it exists, the default should be 4; if it doesn't, the default should be 1 to avoid delays in large domains. -- Mac :}) ** I normally forward private questions to the appropriate mail list. ** Ask Smarter: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html Give a hobbit a fish and he eats fish for a day. Give a hobbit a ring and he eats fish for an age. -- 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/
