Sorry guys, I did not know this was a CYGWIN newsgroup for experts... Could you tell me where is the CYGWIN newsgroup for dummies ?!?!
-- Vincent Dutat E-mail : vincentdutat {AT} tiscali {DOT} be Fax : +32 2 7003724 Voicemail : +32 2 7003724 "Dave Korn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > > From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of vdu > > Sent: 27 May 2004 09:16 > > > script ssh-user-config fails because user SYSTEM does not exit in my > > '/etc/passwd' file, it was created using 'mkpasswd -d > > <domain>', which does > > not create any SYSTEM user. I enter 'mkpasswd -l' to see if > > it creates a > > SYSTEM user, and it does. So why 'mkpasswd -d <domain> does not ?? > > To explain the same thing twice in the same morning: > > SYSTEM is a local account; it has utmost (rooter-than-root) priviliges on > your local machine but it's not a member of the domain and has no access > rights there. > > Did you know you can combine both flags ? "mkpasswd -l -d" should work > for you. > > cheers, > DaveK > -- > Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/