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RE: Absence of mkgroup and mkpasswd man pages
- From: "Dave Korn" <dk at artimi dot com>
- To: "'beeblerbeeblerburblermooobaaaqueep!'" <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 16:32:39 +0100
- Subject: RE: Absence of mkgroup and mkpasswd man pages
- Reply-to: Talk Amongst Yourselves <cygwin-talk at cygwin dot com>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-talk-owner On Behalf Of Christopher Faylor
> Sent: 05 October 2004 16:08
> 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.
Ok. WJFFM WFM.
> The "Just Fine" component adds a little bit of supercilious meanness
> that is very satisifying.
>
> cgf
Oh! I thought it stood for "We're Just F---ing F---ing Mean" ..... <g>
cheers,
DaveK
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