From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 13484 invoked by alias); 11 Mar 2015 15:51:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 13475 invoked by uid 89); 11 Mar 2015 15:51:05 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: calimero.vinschen.de Received: from aquarius.hirmke.de (HELO calimero.vinschen.de) (217.91.18.234) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:51:04 +0000 Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id D3131A805A6; Wed, 11 Mar 2015 16:51:01 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 15:51:00 -0000 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: File /etc/group is not created during initial Cygwin installation Message-ID: <20150311155101.GH5732@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="py13wRIzy9nU46ee" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-SW-Source: 2015-q1/txt/msg00008.txt.bz2 --py13wRIzy9nU46ee Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-length: 857 On Mar 11 15:20, Porporato, Riccardo wrote: > Hi, > I've the following problem.=20 > After installing latest Cygwin 2.870 (32 bit) the /etc/group file > isn't present. Is there any workaround to solve this issue, or it's > just something I missed? 1) Wrong mailing list, see https://cygwin.com/lists.html. 2) The fact that /etc/group and /etc/passwd are missing is by design. It was outlined in the announcement: https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2015-02/msg00009.html =20=20=20 I suggest to read the new and shiny part of the User's Guide explaining the new account handling in excruciating detail: =20=20=20 https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html 3) Further technical discussion about Cygwin on this list is discouraged and penalized with two slaps from our dedicated body guards, the pink plush hippos. ;) Corinna --py13wRIzy9nU46ee Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-length: 819 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVAGRlAAoJEPU2Bp2uRE+gZgkP/2pdVB0qq8S3jo7nhRlkuDQD Syx1ktB9R5qzRKroL5F0XEsDwDHz+tUeugXXHaAsuHiy8lrthx+lvg4ZCId5O5f2 BTB4X2kmsJU1uO3432IQ+E9Y8N458a5owH1BEgZrdbxi/ZDPhrAgtM4TWg4Xc6sF 4NV9XvVX7fS/SswKdJYaJDdjftFpRApAjI0zIgNt5MH8MDR3VjYBZDYPN3uZY5mT 6gzrxBB2QP7gykqabXfY2wiBw4zdBDlTXTSIc7+yU3tf/0AziWor5KgLcwlmfRrq xeWEqltc6xbJJPUeT8HI9pUC7gSMOizzgO+VsYXIjvgNFfSWfpWqQVaZGQnZdfQG DqUk6lQyf7X8ClK7uPUBVNHJr7P9YSw/e41RF8z0ah0aBhOIKm8KC6BHHPCy+FyG FytFU+hi7YLeWdi/kvpersWUzd5DIR0Z4rulkCs3+17lDgneqbwPPwahXP+dgNcK fx6mC1gnpKBTOq99b+z9sWjvf+E+h4yx1FtATyZP1TlEkfCSdj5Umyree2mUNg3o vurEPxnxkhuIaBa0Qp2cr7RszpcdE7dSlyuatHx5X7MMPS2Z/9SLaVIjunsarSza QDxaI8/YNpKAqkYrWIo6ZZivWfZ+rE187V69djzjProASu5FGxGXoOLiQtjBKqG3 vAHcPPKNNoxJFMv2Q/TI =+s2+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --py13wRIzy9nU46ee--