Re: entries in /etc/passwd

2003-07-01 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 04:22:54PM -0400, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Jeff Cramlet wrote: > > Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0:: > > SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:: > > > "Everyone" is a group. Windows allows for files to be owned by groups, "Everyone" is a group which is pretty similar to

Re: entries in /etc/passwd

2003-06-30 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Jeff Cramlet wrote: > When installing cygwin, the following accounts get included in the > /etc/passwd file, and I am a bit curious about them: > > Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0:: > SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:: > > Why are they created, and what are the side effects of removing them f