----Original Message----
>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>Sent: 18 August 2005 18:47
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Jerrad Pierce wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] /cygdrive/c]$ passwd
>> passwd: unknown user jpierce
>
> Your user is missing in /etc/passwd. Try "mkpasswd -u jpierce >>
> /etc/passwd". Once you have a correct user entry, "passwd" should work.
Nope, he's hit a real bug here. It doesn't seem to work for domain users,
anyway:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc> mv passwd passwd.old
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc> mkpasswd -u dk > passwd
mkpasswd: Specify one of `-l', `-d' or `-g'
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc> mkpasswd -l -u dk > passwd
mkpasswd (257): [2221] The user name could not be found.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc> mkpasswd -d -u dk > passwd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc> cat passwd
dk:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11165:10513:Dave
Korn,U-ARTIMI_CAM\dk,S-1-5-21-335682923
0-1345131237-316312364-1165:/home/dk:/bin/bash
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc> passwd
passwd: unknown user dk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc> mv passwd.old passwd
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /etc>
cheers,
DaveK
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