>> If you were really running in an elevated shell, I don't know why 544 didn't >> show up in the output of "id -G". >> >> Ken
> Because Ilya's /etc/group file has a line that reads: > > root:S-1-5-32-544:0: > > in stead of: > > Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544: > > ? > > Put differently, he has copied an old group file from another computer? Reinstalled Cygwin (1.7.34). To my surprise it has both a group file and a passwd file. Moreover, the group file has the above mentioned "root" entry. /etc/postinstall/000-cygwin-post-install.sh appears to be responsible for the creation of these files. Henri -- 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