On 5/31/2017 10:16 AM, Houder wrote: > On Wed, 31 May 2017 09:27:02, cyg Simple wrote: > > [snip] >> All of this talk of /etc/passwd leads me to point you to >> https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html. > > cyg, > > Do you want me to study that text a second, third, fourth or Xth time ...? >
Yes, especially section https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping where it explains that /etc/passwd and /etc/group are now deprecated and it's use is for backward compatibility and that you should be using /etc/nsswitch.conf[1] instead. Have you attempted this? [1] https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch -- cyg Simple -- 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