Greetings, David Dombrowsky! > On 3/14/19 10:11 AM, Andrey Repin wrote: >> Please remove /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. They are no longer necessary, >> unless you have some very special needs, and even then, they only needed for >> that one or two accounts you need special treatment for. >>
> Wait what? What about all the standard unix programs that use those > files to determine UID and all that? No program should use these files to determine UID and all that. If any of them does, it is either 30+ years old or not a standard program and whoever wrote it should be beaten to death. > Since when can we blow away > /etc/passwd and /etc/group on a cygwin install? Since about 3 to 5 years. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Thursday, March 14, 2019 17:47:17 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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