>> this week I applied the first incarnation of the new passwd/group >> handling code to the Cygwin repository and after fixing a crash which >> manifested in Denis Excoffier's network, I think we're at a point >> which allows to push this forward. >> [...] > >Ok guys, I just applied a patch implementing getpwent and getgrent, >and the way to configure the output is probably more detailed than >you ever wanted ...
Hi Corinna, As I saw no response to your latest call for testers, I decided to test it myself ... (x86-XP, SP3). - setup "Cygwin" (base) in a different directory - applied tar ball (17/2 snapshot) as instructed at http://cygwin.com/faq-nochunks.html#faq.setup.snapshots After I had set up /etc/nsswitch.conf as follows db_enum: files the output of getpwent and getgrent looked "familiar" to me. (though the output of 'id' is not). However, after I had modified /etc/nsswitch.conf as follows db_enum: local getpwent crashed (segment violation) ... Henri -- 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
