Hi Corinna, As result of Christian Franke's input (what should mkpasswd/mkgroup 'exactly' generate?), I reread the description of mkpasswd at
https://cygwin.com/preliminary-ug/using-utils.html It reads: The mkpasswd program can be used to create a /etc/passwd file. Cygwin doesn't need this file, because it reads user information from the Windows account databases, but you can add an /etc/group file <==== should be /etc/passwd, I presume ... for instance, if your machine is often (not uncommon!) disconnected from its domain controller. (the line is obviously copied from the description of mkgroup, which preceeds that of mkpasswd) Regards, 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
