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RE: Suggestion for setup
- From: Bernard Dautrevaux <Dautrevaux at microprocess dot com>
- To: 'Michael A Chase' <mchase at ix dot netcom dot com>, Andrew DeFaria <Andrew at DeFaria dot com>, cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 09:17:46 +0100
- Subject: RE: Suggestion for setup
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A Chase [mailto:mchase@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 11:46 PM
> To: Andrew DeFaria; cygwin
> Subject: Re: Suggestion for setup
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew DeFaria" <Andrew@DeFaria.com>
> Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin
> To: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 13:46
> Subject: Re: Suggestion for setup
>
>
> > Michael A Chase wrote:
> >
> > > I recently messed with the function that does that, so I
> can confirm
> that it
> > > only runs mkpasswd and mkgroup if the corresponding files
> don't exist.
<skipped>
>
> static void
> make_passwd_group ()
> {
> String fname = cygpath ("/etc/postinstall/passwd-grp.bat");
> io_stream::mkpath_p (PATH_TO_FILE, fname);
>
> if (uexists ("/etc/passwd") && uexists ("/etc/group"))
> return;
> . . .
So /etc/passwd AND /etc/group are re-created if /etc/passwd OR /etc/group
does not exist ;-(
Would be better to condition creation of /etc/passwd to it not being
present, and the like for /etc/group.
Bernard
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Bernard Dautrevaux
Microprocess Ingenierie
97 bis, rue de Colombes
92400 COURBEVOIE
FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0) 1 47 68 80 80
Fax: +33 (0) 1 47 88 97 85
e-mail: dautrevaux@microprocess.com
b.dautrevaux@usa.net
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