Re: how to set a passwd for a user

2003-02-18 Thread Andrew DeFaria
Vince Hoffman wrote: 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.) Maybe it should be changed to "this_field_is_unused_by_cygwin_running_under_nt/2000_or_XP__instead_cygwin_makes_calls_to_

Re: how to set a passwd for a user

2003-02-18 Thread Vince Hoffman
bruary 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 differen

RE: how to set a passwd for a user

2003-02-18 Thread Malghan, Ravi
ax 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 , grepped for my username > and added that line to /etc/passwd file. The pa

Re: how to set a passwd for a user

2003-02-18 Thread Max Bowsher
Malghan, Ravi wrote: > Hello: I did a mkpasswd -d , 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-1-5-21-3

how to set a passwd for a user

2003-02-18 Thread Malghan, Ravi
Hello: I did a mkpasswd -d , 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? rmalghan:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11904:10513:Malghan, Ravi,U-STERLING\rmalghan,S-1-5-21-357909863-1982466852-483988704-1904:/home/ rmal