Hi all, Last week I posted a diff to setup2.sgml, based upon discussions in the archive of using "mkpasswd -d" in addition to "mkpasswd -l" in setting up the proper UID, etc., in the /etc/passwd file. I had done a straight diff >file, rather than diff -u > file. Here is the result of: diff -u setup2.sgml EMM_setup2.sgml >setup2.sgml.diff Eric M. Monsler
--- setup2.sgml Mon Nov 20 11:44:05 2000 +++ EMM_setup2.sgml Wed Feb 7 09:39:37 2001 @@ -83,8 +83,7 @@ <para> Under Windows NT, if you want to create <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename> (i.e. so that <command>whoami</command> works and -<command>ls -l</command> replaces the UID with a name) just -do this: +<command>ls -l</command> replaces the UID with a name) based on the accounts local to +the machine, just do this: </para> <screen> @@ -93,7 +92,30 @@ <prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkgroup -l > /etc/group</userinput> </screen> -<para> Future changes to your NT registry will NOT be reflected in +<para>If you are logging in based on an NT network domain, and want to +also create entries in <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and +<filename>/etc/group</filename> based on all the accounts in the +domain, then after creating local entries do this: +</para> + +<screen> +<prompt>/$</prompt> <userinput>cd /etc</userinput> +<prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkpasswd -d >> /etc/passwd</userinput> +<prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkgroup -d >> /etc/group</userinput> +</screen> + +<para>Alternatively, to add only your account to the passwd file, +assuming your NT name is "my_ntusername", instead of the above +<command>mkpasswd</command> you should do: +</para> + +<screen> +<prompt>/$</prompt> <userinput>cd /etc</userinput> +<prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkpasswd -d | grep my_ntusername >> +/etc/passwd</userinput> +</screen> + + +<para> Future changes to your NT registry or network domain will NOT be reflected in <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or <filename>/etc/group </filename> after this so you may want to regenerate these files periodically. Under Windows 9x, you can create and edit these files with a text editor. </para>
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