It shouldnt make any difference at all. (the "unused_by_nt/2000/xp" bit should give you a clue that on windows 2k/xp/NT windows handles the password.)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Malghan, Ravi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: RE: how to set a passwd for a user > Hi Max: I do have a passwd for the user in windows. But it is not > "unused_by_nt/2000/xp". Also this user is not a local user so I had to use > mkpasswd -d to get the user info. Does that make any difference in the way I > should have it. > > Thanks > Ravi > > -----Original Message----- > From: Max Bowsher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 7:55 AM > To: Malghan, Ravi; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: how to set a passwd for a user > > > Malghan, Ravi wrote: > > Hello: I did a mkpasswd -d <My Domain Name>, grepped for my username > > and added that line to /etc/passwd file. The passwd shows up as > > "unused_by_nt/2000/xp". How do I set the passwd? > > In Windows. > > > > > rmalghan:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11904:10513:Malghan, > > > Ravi,U-STERLING\rmalghan,S-1-5-21-357909863-1982466852-483988704-1904:/home/ > > rmalghan:/bin/bash > > > > Thanks in advance > > Ravi > > -- > 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/ > -- 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/
