> On Nov 28 10:34, Houder wrote: >> > On Nov 28 09:24, Houder wrote: >> >> Test:*:197614:197121:Test,U-Seven\Test,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1006:/home/Test:/bin/bash >> >> ^^^^ <==== gecos field has THREE members (iso two) >> > >> > For the gecos content, it's created not the same way in Cygwin vs. >> > mkpasswd and this won't change. See the thread starting at >> > https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-11/msg00580.html >> >> Did you notice the difference between (Guest, Henri) and (Test, UpdatusUser) >> ????? >> >> They are all 'S-1-5-21-X-Y-Z account/SIDs' ... but the gecos field of Guest >> and Henri only have TWO >> members ... that is, what is the difference between Henri and Test (both are >> local accounts, created >> by me)? >> >> That why I said, "to me this output is inconsistent" ... > > Yes, that's what I was talking about. mkpasswd generates the first > field from the "Full Name" SAM entry if it exists, the Cygwin DLL > doesn't, unless you use the latest snapshot DLL and add > > db_gecos: windows > > to /etc/nsswitch.conf. Read the mail linked above.
Thank you! I did NOT understand your previous reply ... until (as a consequence of your reply here) I realized that the account Henri does NOT have a "full name". (likewise the Guest account) Yikes! (during installation of W7, I had to create an account (Henri) -- and I was never asked for a "full name", as far as I can remember. Never realized that it had no "full name". Sigh!). 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
