---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Jim McNamara <nefarioussch...@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 7:26 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Switching to posix with no acl To: René Berber <rene.ber...@gmail.com>
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020, 7:17 PM René Berber via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > On 11/14/2020 12:37 PM, Jim McNamara via Cygwin wrote: > > > Since there are no adduser or addgroup, I guess I'd create those files > > manually off /etc. > > I think the recommended way is using the mkpasswd command. Actually the > recommended procedure is not to use anything. > > Just run that command and take a look at the output. You have to filter > out most lines, only add the user you want. > > Now run it with --help, you'll see you can list 'local' users AND domain > users. I put quotes on local because you can also specify local to > which computer (as long as it is running SMB, I think). > > Its about the same for groups: mkgroup. > > Hope this helps a little. > -- > R.Berber > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Hi R. Berber- Thanks for the cool info. Can't wait to check it out :-) Robo-loki Hi R. Yes. 'The recommendation is to not use anything.' There are too many accounts specific to the OS like SYSTEM. I think they serve a purpose. e.g. a process can run as system. I vote for leaving well enough alone on this one. I will just set permission at command line in mintty for stuff like ssh authorized_keys etc. and not touch permission outside of mintty. Have a cool night. Thanks, Robo-loki -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
