Hi Corinna, >> However, as you know, the supplementary group to which I referred above do >> NOT show >> up in my /etc/group file on Cygwin (they show up in SAM ... somewhere). >> >> ... and I do not care, as these groups are NOT relevant to me as a >> Cygwin-only user >> of the Windows operating system (using passwd and group files). > >If you only want to use the content of your passwd and group files, >rather than the db (which is pretty much upside down from what this >patch is trying to accomplish, but, anyway), simply change your >/etc/nsswitch.conf file accordingly. Just as on Linux.
:-) My /etc/nsswitch.conf file ALREADY specifies 'db_enum: files'. However, as you probably aware of, the output of 'id' _still_ shows all the (non-file ;-) supplementary groups I do not care about ... That is what I tried to make clear with my message. No more. 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
