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Re: mkpasswd/mkgroup ... although only helper tools


On Nov 28 10:11, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 28 09:24, Houder wrote:
> > Test:*:197614:197121:Test,U-Seven\Test,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1006:/home/Test:/bin/bash
> >                      ^^^^ <==== gecos field has THREE members (iso two)
> 
> For the gecos content, it's created not the same way in Cygwin vs.
> mkpasswd and this won't change.  See the thread starting at
> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-11/msg00580.html
> 
> > UpdatusUser:*:197609:197121:UpdatusUser,U-Seven\UpdatusUser,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1001:/home/UpdatusUser:/bin/bash
> >                             ^^^^^^^^^^^ <==== ditto
> > 
> > @@ mkgroup | tail -2 # this output is CORRECT
> > HelpLibraryUpdaters:S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1007:197615:
> > None:S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-513:197121:
> > 
> > @@ mkgroup -l | tail -2 # this output is inconsistent <====
> > HelpLibraryUpdaters:S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1007:4244636655:
> >                                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^ = 0xfd000000 + 1007
> 
> I fixed the offset for groups, bot not for local groups (never mind the
> difference for standalone machines).  Duh.  Fixed in CVS.  I'll probably
> generate a new snapshot later today.

New snapshot is up.  Please give it a try.


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
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