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Re: Inserting new user.
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Subject: Re: Inserting new user.
- From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <freeweb at nyckelpiga dot de>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:11:20 +0200
- Organization: convey Information Systems GmbH
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
> nvasconcelos@genius.org.br schrieb am 2001-08-27 12:27:
>Hi,
>
>How can I to insert a new user ??
>
I use the WindowsNT User Manager for that.
After adding a user there with the needed rights,
i need to regenerate /etc/passwd
$ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
or: $ mkpasswd -l | grep newusername
and insert it manually to /etc/passwd
Gerrit
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