From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 59767 invoked by alias); 17 Jul 2019 09:05:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 59760 invoked by uid 89); 17 Jul 2019 09:05:08 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-5.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,GIT_PATCH_2,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy=H*r:present, H*r:Client, H*F:D*ru, H*UA:Bat! X-HELO: forward105p.mail.yandex.net Received: from forward105p.mail.yandex.net (HELO forward105p.mail.yandex.net) (77.88.28.108) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:05:05 +0000 Received: from mxback12g.mail.yandex.net (mxback12g.mail.yandex.net [IPv6:2a02:6b8:0:1472:2741:0:8b7:91]) by forward105p.mail.yandex.net (Yandex) with ESMTP id 81F684D40E1B; Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:05:02 +0300 (MSK) Received: from smtp1o.mail.yandex.net (smtp1o.mail.yandex.net [2a02:6b8:0:1a2d::25]) by mxback12g.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTP id 4C5KSftijG-52SaDxb3; Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:05:02 +0300 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yandex.ru; s=mail; t=1563354302; bh=HsC5JzyNoi2Ftlxe3p4SHWUKcQ8A1nibXPQzDxMwTNs=; h=In-Reply-To:Subject:To:Reply-To:From:Message-ID:References:Date; b=TR+bMF8qDGQYdMGg4leOFovZQN8gsfZjTv8/vr3OrARQzRK7Cg70rKuKqCVD/hOE/ awGDfOf/rU3Ub2ji2dNTGmHyOxJwBaSPevrpKbQmvgxpaKUUv+utTG9CxChHWugA2N 9FLRECNd1/7DSh8V1ZsQFh1eo1HREjO427FiFqXQ= Authentication-Results: mxback12g.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru Received: by smtp1o.mail.yandex.net (nwsmtp/Yandex) with ESMTPSA id GsSoLCd2N7-51mOqgwX; Wed, 17 Jul 2019 12:05:01 +0300 (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client certificate not present) Received: from [192.168.1.10] (HELO daemon2.darkdragon.lan) by daemon2 (Office Mail Server 0.8.12 build 08053101) with SMTP; Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:02:49 -0000 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:05:00 -0000 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Message-ID: <407872014.20190717120249@yandex.ru> To: L A Walsh , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: rename a user using setfacl -- possible? how? In-Reply-To: <5D2E7F4B.9020606@tlinx.org> References: <5D1FA19D.2020707@tlinx.org> <113642000.20190706120641@yandex.ru> <5D206C63.4000908@tlinx.org> <69388071.20190706190156@yandex.ru> <2ac2d302-559c-b6ba-c7e2-5ec12e1683de@SystematicSw.ab.ca> <5D2E7F4B.9020606@tlinx.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2019-07/txt/msg00128.txt.bz2 Greetings, L A Walsh! > On 2019/07/06 10:01, Brian Inglis wrote: >> On 2019-07-06 10:01, Andrey Repin wrote: >> >>>> >>>>> It should, but I strongly suggest to avoid using it outside Cygwin directory >>>>> tree to maintain maximum interoperability with Windows programs. >>>>> >>>> No problem. my cygwin directory is at 'C:\', where it >>>> has been since WinXP... (:^|) >>>> >>> THAT is a problem. A big problem. >>> > ---- > Forgot to get back on this. But why would the above be a problem. > It never > used to be and I have found it to be very useful. I though so too, back when I was using Windows XP. But since then, I'm content with "/" cygdrive prefix. It's all that is needed. >>>>> getent passwd >>>>> getent group >>>>> >>>> those don't display GUID/UUIDs, but *nix user+group ids. >>>> >>> Try it sometime. They do. >>> >> >> Try: >> $ id user|group >> and see below for getent nsswitch changes suggested. >> > ---- > I tried the above, BTW, and was surprised at the changes! > Had a related question. I made changes to my /etc/password and > /etc/group > files. I seem to remember how those files were read by cygwin when it > was first starting, but I don't remember how to propagate changes in > those files into > cygwin. Is there a way to send a command to one of the demons to reread > those files? They are read by the leading process in the tree, or if you are using cygserver, that one may also cache them. So, restart cygserver and all cygwin processes you have running. -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Wednesday, July 17, 2019 12:00:16 Sorry for my terrible english... -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple