>> Update: >> >> Starting the mintty shelll again I get the same message suggesting >> running the mkpasswd and mkgroup. >> >> I do the command without the -d and everything seems to work. >> >> mkpasswd -l > /.etc/passwd; mkgroup -l > /etc/group > ^^^^^^' > <dot>etc? > >> I exit the shell and start mintty again and the warning appears again >> suggesting the running of mkpasswd and mkgroup. >> >> Why doesn't the change persist? > > Did you check /etc/passwd and /etc/group if they contain your user and > your primary group account? Are you sure you are using a local account? > Compare the information with the output of > > /cygdrive/c/Windows/System32/whoami /user /groups > > Important are not the account names, but the account SIDs! You can change > the user and group names in /etc/passwd and /etc/group whatever you like > (see http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html). > > If you're using a domain account on the machine, you either have to use > the mkpasswd/mkgroup -d option to get the domain and group accounts, or > you can just restrict the files to your user by using the -c option and > append the output to the files, like this: > > $ mkpasswd -c >> /etc/passwd; mkgroup -c >> /etc/group > > or, in one go: > > $ mkpasswd -l -c >> /etc/passwd; mkgroup -l -c >> /etc/group > > > Corinna
The extra "dot" was a typo as I am unable to copy_and_paste at this time :-( Ah! The -c option for both seemed to persist. I'll read that doc again. Thanks, Ken -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
