* Can't resolve "Your group is currently "mkpasswd"'
@ 2012-07-19 2:35 cygwin
2012-07-19 7:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
2012-08-01 14:19 ` Mirko Vukovic
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From: cygwin @ 2012-07-19 2:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
I just tried to set up cygwin on my new corporate pc (I have admin
privileges on the machine but not on the overall corporate network).
I keep getting the infamous 'Your group is currently "mkpasswd"' every
time I open a new terminal.
Since this is a domain, I first tried "mpasswd -l -d >| /etc/passwd"
but the domain lookup seemed to hang forever (after first generating
the local group portion). Note that "mkgroup -l -d >| /etc/group
worked but was slow.
I then tried "mkpasswd -l -c >| /etc/passwd" followed by "mkgroup -l
-c >| /etc/group"
But I still got the same 'mkpasswd' error message and indeed running
groups just returned 'mkpasswd' and running 'id -a' returned:
uid=400(MYUSERNAME) gid=401(mkpasswd) groups=401(mkpasswd)
I have never had this problem before on non-domain PC's.
Any thoughts on what I need to do to fix this?
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* Re: Can't resolve "Your group is currently "mkpasswd"'
2012-07-19 2:35 Can't resolve "Your group is currently "mkpasswd"' cygwin
@ 2012-07-19 7:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
2012-08-01 14:19 ` Mirko Vukovic
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From: Corinna Vinschen @ 2012-07-19 7:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Jul 18 22:35, cygwin@kosowsky.org wrote:
> I just tried to set up cygwin on my new corporate pc (I have admin
> privileges on the machine but not on the overall corporate network).
>
> I keep getting the infamous 'Your group is currently "mkpasswd"' every
> time I open a new terminal.
>
> Since this is a domain, I first tried "mpasswd -l -d >| /etc/passwd"
> but the domain lookup seemed to hang forever (after first generating
> the local group portion). Note that "mkgroup -l -d >| /etc/group
> worked but was slow.
>
> I then tried "mkpasswd -l -c >| /etc/passwd" followed by "mkgroup -l
> -c >| /etc/group"
>
> But I still got the same 'mkpasswd' error message and indeed running
> groups just returned 'mkpasswd' and running 'id -a' returned:
> uid=400(MYUSERNAME) gid=401(mkpasswd) groups=401(mkpasswd)
>
> I have never had this problem before on non-domain PC's.
>
> Any thoughts on what I need to do to fix this?
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd
Did you try the -d option?
Corinna
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* Re: Can't resolve "Your group is currently "mkpasswd"'
2012-07-19 2:35 Can't resolve "Your group is currently "mkpasswd"' cygwin
2012-07-19 7:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
@ 2012-08-01 14:19 ` Mirko Vukovic
2012-08-01 17:38 ` cygwin
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From: Mirko Vukovic @ 2012-08-01 14:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:35 PM, <...> wrote:
>
> I just tried to set up cygwin on my new corporate pc (I have admin
> privileges on the machine but not on the overall corporate network).
>
> I keep getting the infamous 'Your group is currently "mkpasswd"' every
> time I open a new terminal.
>
> Since this is a domain, I first tried "mpasswd -l -d >| /etc/passwd"
> but the domain lookup seemed to hang forever (after first generating
> the local group portion). Note that "mkgroup -l -d >| /etc/group
> worked but was slow.
In my case, mkpasswd -d is an exercise in patience (many minutes,
definitely less then 30), but it does eventually return a very long
list. Let it run.
Mirko
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* Re: Can't resolve "Your group is currently "mkpasswd"'
2012-08-01 14:19 ` Mirko Vukovic
@ 2012-08-01 17:38 ` cygwin
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From: cygwin @ 2012-08-01 17:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Mirko Vukovic; +Cc: cygwin
Mirko Vukovic wrote at about 10:19:31 -0400 on Wednesday, August 1, 2012:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 10:35 PM, <...> wrote:
> >
> > I just tried to set up cygwin on my new corporate pc (I have admin
> > privileges on the machine but not on the overall corporate network).
> >
> > I keep getting the infamous 'Your group is currently "mkpasswd"' every
> > time I open a new terminal.
> >
> > Since this is a domain, I first tried "mpasswd -l -d >| /etc/passwd"
> > but the domain lookup seemed to hang forever (after first generating
> > the local group portion). Note that "mkgroup -l -d >| /etc/group
> > worked but was slow.
>
>
> In my case, mkpasswd -d is an exercise in patience (many minutes,
> definitely less then 30), but it does eventually return a very long
> list. Let it run.
>
I did that... but I still get the same error message and the group is
still all mkpasswd.
My /etc/passwd and /etc/group files "seem" right so I don't know why
it isn't working. Frustrating!
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