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Re: Absence of mkgroup and mkpasswd man pages
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:07:56 -0400
- Subject: Re: Absence of mkgroup and mkpasswd man pages
- References: <aaae26e4be46432ab692f399d407d40b@realworldtech.com> <NUTMEG96PnPlpNvHXsp0000026e@NUTMEG.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Reply-to: cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 11:39:27AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Robert Thorpe
>> Sent: 05 October 2004 11:24
>
>> After installing a new machine with cygwin, it displayed the message:
>>
>> Your groupname is currently "mkgroup_l_d". This indicates
>> that not all users and groups are listed in /etc/passwd and
>> /etc/group files.
>> See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run
>> mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd
>> mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group
>> This message will only be displayed once.
>>
>> Unfortunately, though, "man mkgroup" or "man mkpasswd" do not
>> work, they're are no man pages for these utilities.
>
>WFM:
C'mon! Use WJFFM. I want to get that acronym in the list so that
I can use it with impunity.
The "Just Fine" component adds a little bit of supercilious meanness
that is very satisifying.
cgf