Ok. Your cygcheck output says that you're a domain user, and that domain groups are not part of /etc/group:
C:\cygwin\bin\id.exe output (ntsec) UID: 38685(d1wmw01) GID: 28109(mkgroup_l_d) ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ This is what's cauing the message you saw. Now, as Pierre said in <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-08/msg01372.html>, this is purely aesthetic and shouldn't affect the operation of Cygwin in any way. If the message annoys you, you can run "mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group" (make a backup of your current /etc/group, just in case). Be prepared that this command might take a long time in large domains. Otherwise, just ignore this message. Perhaps we should make separate messages for "mk{passwd,group}" and "mkgroup_l_d"... Igor On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, I ran cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out, and I attached the > cygcheck.out file to this email. > > > > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >> Hi - > >> > >> I finally got cygwin to install, after downloading lots and lots of > >> packages and with everyone's helpful hints on this mailing list. Thanks > >> a > >> lot to all of you. > >> > >> So, I started cygwin, and I get this message at the top of the screen > >> above the bash prompt: > >> > >> Your username or group hasn't been setup correctly. > >> This typically happens if you are a domain user > >> (cygwin does not automatically create /etc/passwd or > >> /etc/group for domain users) > >> > >> What should I do here? Is there such a thing as a 'root' account and > >> user > >> accounts? > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > > > > Please read <http://cygwin.com/problems.html>, particularly the bit about > > attaching (as in 'uncompressed text *attachment*') the output of "cygcheck > > -svr". > > Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/