Re: Installing Cygwin on XP laptop part of a domain

(as I am in) I only reference what I need. HTH, ...Karl From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Subject: Re: Installing Cygwin on XP laptop part of a domain Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 11:18:53 -0400 Billinghurst, David (CALCRTS) wrote: From: Jay NYC Can someone who has experience install

Re: Installing Cygwin on XP laptop part of a domain

Billinghurst, David (CALCRTS) wrote: From: Jay NYC Can someone who has experience installing Cygwin on a WinXP desktop part of a Windows Domain let me know what to do? You need to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group files using mkpasswd and mkgroup. The domain I am in has around 3000 group

RE: Installing Cygwin on XP laptop part of a domain

> From: Jay NYC > > Can someone who has experience installing Cygwin on a WinXP > desktop part of a Windows Domain let me know what to do? You need to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group files using mkpasswd and mkgroup. The domain I am in has around 3000 groups and lots of users. Enumerating

Re: Installing Cygwin on XP laptop part of a domain

Jay NYC wrote: > Windows Domain, as a result it put the users "home" in someplace I don't > understand. I did some > research and was confronted with all kinds of "mkpasswd" commands that > supposedly remedy the > situation but nothing worked.

Installing Cygwin on XP laptop part of a domain

Hi. Solely for the purpose of using Unison, I've done Cygwin installs on over 50 WInXP desktops. However, the other day I ran into a problem, which exposed my Unix inexperience. I tried to install Cygwin on an XP desktop that was part of a Windows Domain, as a result it put the users "home" in s