/etc/passwd in a NT Domain- sep copy foreach box or sym links to just 1

/etc/passwd in a NT Domain- sep copy foreach box or sym links to just 1

[tom]

Just got inetd, telnet and ftp working (using a password file
created with "mkpasswd -d").  

It would be nice if one could have single centrally located
passwd and group file so that each workstation could set up
a symbolic link to these in it's /etc directory.

I tried this- in general it works fine, but inetd seems to
insist on a simple file, not a symbolic link.  Is this
worth fixing; ie would you consider supporting the
symbolic link in a future release?

Thanks so much to everyone working on Cygwin, I really
appreciate the tools and the environment!!

regards,

Tom

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Re: /etc/passwd in a NT Domain- sep copy foreach box or sym links to just 1

[Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)]

At 03:47 PM 4/8/2002, tom@trodman.com wrote:
>Just got inetd, telnet and ftp working (using a password file
>created with "mkpasswd -d").  
>
>It would be nice if one could have single centrally located
>passwd and group file so that each workstation could set up
>a symbolic link to these in it's /etc directory.
>
>I tried this- in general it works fine, but inetd seems to
>insist on a simple file, not a symbolic link.  Is this
>worth fixing; ie would you consider supporting the
>symbolic link in a future release?
>
>Thanks so much to everyone working on Cygwin, I really
>appreciate the tools and the environment!!


Patches which address an earnestly investigated problem are always welcome
and thoughtfully considered.



Larry Hall                              lhall@rfk.com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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