Re: /etc/passwd -> /proc/mkpasswd

2004-04-04 Thread Gerald Villemure
- Original Message - From: "Corinna Vinschen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Apr 3 19:48, Gerald Villemure wrote: > > I wonder if it would be possible to do something like this: > > > > /etc/passwd -> /proc/mkpasswd > > /etc/group -> /proc

/etc/passwd -> /proc/mkpasswd

2004-04-03 Thread Gerald Villemure
I wonder if it would be possible to do something like this: /etc/passwd -> /proc/mkpasswd /etc/group -> /proc/mkgroup These sym links would make the 2 files dynamic and would simplify setup somewhat. We could use a CYGWIN environment variable to set whether /proc/mkpasswd would run with -l or -d

Re: rzsz port to Cygwin

2003-10-10 Thread Gerald Villemure
- Original Message - From: "Vijay, Raghavan (IE10)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 7:18 AM Subject: rzsz port to Cygwin > Hi All, > I was going through the mailing archives and I came across that rzsz had > been ported to Cygwin. Does anyone

Re: RPM-4.1 port to Cygwin available

2003-03-27 Thread Gerald Villemure
I use SSH to manage windows boxs and using RPM to maintain the installs would be alot easier then running the graphical setup tool. My 2 cents. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygw

Re: kudos!

2003-02-16 Thread Gerald Villemure
nks to the cygwin community for I use cygwin to great benefit all the time. again thank you all. Gerald I n t e r K n o w l e d g e Gerald Villemure I am a DO-er, not a TRY-er. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubs

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Gerald Villemure
> /proc/registry/* > > is a GREAT idea! > (*) P.S. "back then" somebody mentioned a few problems with file-system > access to registry entries: how do you deal with the various types -- > DWORD, BINARY, STRING, (and the other types that AREN'T accessible > via regedit...) Why not use a file nam

Re: /dev/registry

2002-02-03 Thread Gerald Villemure
/proc/registry/* is a GREAT idea! Gerald -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/

Re: Windows 2000 Junction Points

2001-12-06 Thread Gerald Villemure
There is a tool in the Win2K ResKit called "linkd.exe" which will alow you to create "Junction Points" from the command line. Hope this helps, Gerald - Original Message - From: "Kim, Anthony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:52 PM Subject: W