> On Nov 27 18:41, Houder wrote: >> > On Nov 27 17:12, Houder wrote: >> >> Hi Corinna, >> >> >> >> For comparison: output of 'mkpasswd -l' with and without >> >> /etc/nsswitch.conf present. Without it, my machine >> >> is NOT a 'foreign machine'. When it is present, my machine is a 'foreign >> >> machine'. Strikes me as ... >> >> >> >> Until now, I believed that the output of mkpasswd/mkgroup had no >> >> dependency on /etc/nsswitch.conf. >> > >> > The most recent version has. Here's what happens. If you call mkpasswd >> > without parameter, it just calls Cygwin's internal enumeration functions. >> > If you call with -l, it checks if `passwd:' is set to "files" only in >> > /etc/nsswitch.conf. If so, it uses the old enumeration functions inside >> > mkpasswd, which don't generate prefixed usernames for local accounts >> > even on AD machines. However, the uids/gids differ when using this >> > method. I could change the offset in this case to reduce the chance for >> > a difference, but hey, there's no good reason to use /etc/passwd at all >> > in your scenario :} >> >> ... ahem, you keep saying that (no need for /etc/passwd) to me :-)) However, >> my (personal) bin >> directory has a script called mkpasswd_r(edacted) ... that modifies the uid >> of some of my users >> (yes, me, and a few aliases for me). >> >> And I am sure, that I am not the only one with a script like that ... >> >> Above you are explaining _implementation_ ... not specification. > > There is none. It's a helper tool which is supposed to be run only on > demand, and the uids usually don't matter, as long as they are unique. > > But, anyway, you asked for it, you got it. I applied a patch to > mkpasswd/mkgroup to generate uids/gids for the local machine always > using the same offset as when Cygwin computes them. > > Check out the latest snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
Dje... You are still at the office? Thank you very much! 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
