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Re: Strange group name
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: Julian C H Stevens <julian dot stevens at cfswebmail dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 09:45:32 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Strange group name
- References: <20040218130913.6615B395C@sitemail.everyone.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004, Julian C H Stevens wrote:
> I have installed cygwin 1.5.6(0.108/3/2) and I notice that the files in
> my home directory have a group ownership of "mkgroup-l-d".
>
> I'm new to cygwin, and have installed it as a domain user on a
> workstation running Windows 2000 Professional Ver 5.0 Build 2195 Service
> Pack 4.
>
> Please could someone suggest how this strange group name has got into my
> /etc/group file?
> Thanks,
> Julian.
Julian,
<http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#NTSEC-RELEASE1.3.20> explains
this somewhat, but should be updated to say that "mkgroup-l-d" means that
the files are owned by a domain group that isn't in your /etc/group, and
that you should run "mkgroup -l -d >> /etc/group" when you're connected to
a domain controller to fix this. Otherwise, that group name is harmless,
IIRC. Perhaps Pierre or Corinna could chime in here...
Igor
P.S. Could you please set your mailer to wrap long lines?
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