On Nov 7 13:05, Houder wrote: > 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)
Indeed. I fixed that in the docs. Thanks! Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Maintainer cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat
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