> From: Chris Game > > In an earlier post, John Morrison wrote: > > [...] > > The way this is set has changed and *should* work ootb with a clean > > installation. > > > > The easiest way (I believe) atm is to... > > > > $ cp /etc/group /etc/group.old > > $ cp /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.old > > $ /etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.sh.done > > > > this should recreate /etc/group and /etc/passwd (check before > > closing!) Then close and restart cygwin. You should now > > be your domain user *not* your local Admin. > > > > Also note that /etc/profile has changed, the new version > > is kept as /etc/profile.default and should not overwrite any > > previous copy. > > > > The functionality has changed slightly. It doesn't run > > ~/.bashrc by default, as per specs it runs ~/.bash_profile > > which should check and, if appropriate, run ~/.bashrc > > > > Feel free to change how this works - it is your system > > afterall :) > > Ah! Thanks for useful hints
Welcome. > - now how do I get out of this 'None' group > that I'm apparently in, and into 'Users' or even 'Administrators'? Sorry, I don't know. I'm in 'None' too. J. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
