> > Hi, > > > > I'm having problems assigning users to multiple groups under cygwin > > (latest build under XP on ntfs with ntsec). > > > > My /etc/passwd file contains: > > [snip] > > and my /etc/group contains: > > [snip] > > > > I want to add the 'root' user to the 'dev' group. Currently, if the > > root user runs groups: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (/root) % groups > > admin None Users > > > > I thought that if I modify the 7th line of the /etc/group file to: > > > > dev:S-1-5-32-547:547:root > > > > then root would be added to the dev group. This doesn't > work. However, > > I can't figure out how Cygwin is storing group information > as no users > > are listed in the /etc/group file against any group, yet > groups knows > > that root is in three different groups. > > > > Can anyone tell me where I'm going wrong? > > > > thanks. > > jon. > > Jon, > > IIRC, on NT-based systems Cygwin uses the OS itself to store > passwords, group affiliations, etc. The only thing you *can* > change by editing /etc/passwd is the user's primary group. > Use Windows tools to add user "root" to group "dev". > Igor
Works great. I *really* should have thought of that :( Thanks, jon. -- 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/
