> -----Original Message----- > From: Corinna Vinschen > Sent: 02 November 2009 12:31 > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: Re: Incorrect names for file owners on mapped samba drives > > If you want nice entries in ls -l output, add the users and groups to > your local /etc/passwd and /etc/group files using mkpasswd and mkgroup > with the new -U options: > > http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd > http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkgroup > > For instance: > > $ mkpasswd -U root,corinna -S_ -L my_samba_box > Unix User_root:unused:10000:99999:,S-1-22-1-0:: > Unix User_corinna:unused:10500:99999:,S-1-22-1-500:: > $ mkpasswd -U root,corinna -S_ -L my_samba_box >> /etc/passwd > $ mkgroup -U root,corinna -S_ -L my_samba_box > Unix Group_root:S-1-22-2-0:10000: > Unix Group_vinschen:S-1-22-2-11125:21125: > $ mkgroup -U root,corinna -S_ -L my_samba_box >> /etc/group > $ cd //my_samba_box/my_share > $ ls -l some_file > -rw------- 1 UnixUser_corinna UnixGroup_vinschen 172 2009-09-22 16:27 > some_file >
Hi Corinna, Thanks for the examples. I had read the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup (honest!), but I must have had my incantations a little wrong. I have most of the users and groups over now. Interestingly the "root" group still displays as "????????" in the ls output, but such files are rare and I can live with that for now. Thanks again. /john -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
