HI Larry, I created a new /etc/passwd by using:
llagos@T420-LLAGOS ~ $ mkpasswd -l -c -p /home That solved the issue! Thanks a lot, On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin) > On 3/25/2014 10:54 AM, Leo Lagos wrote: >> >> Hi Larry, >> >> Yes, that seems to be the problem. My /etc/passwd is full of users of >> my company's domain, all of them (including me) with home such as >> //fileserver/public/<user> >> >> I don't need to have all my company in this file, since it's only for me. >> >> any quick way or re-creating this file? I do remember a mkpasswd or >> similar command..??? > > > Yes, mkpasswd will allow you to populate your '/etc/passwd' file. > mkgroup will do the same for your '/etc/group' file. Check out the > man page and/or the Cygwin User's Guide for more details. > > <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd> > <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkgroup> > > If you would prefer to work only with a local user, use the -l or -L > flags for these commands. Otherwise, use the -d or -D flags. For the > domain at least, you probably want to use the -c flag. You will probably > also want to use the -p flag to specify your home directory (since it > points to a network path for your domain). > > > > -- > Larry -- 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
