> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew DeFaria [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> I'm not saying that if one wants /etc/passwd updated one sure run
> Cygwin's setup.exe. What I'm saying is that Cygwin's setup.exe should
> not break the /etc/passwd in place already. My experiences says that
> setup currently breaks things.
Hmm. Well if one of /etc/group and /etc/passwd is missing, can we assume
the other is valid? AFAICT we should either
a) only replace missing files, or
b) replace both if one is missing, but make a backup of the existing
one.
Rob
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