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RE: How to add user under Cygwin


> AFAIK, Windows 9x did not ship with the "net" command. I 
> think you could download the "net" command in some form for 
> Windows 98, but I don't know how close it is to the 
> WinNT/Win2000/WinXP version.

The Net (add/view/etc) command is on the 9x
platforms but there are some minor differences
with the NT version(s) even in the main commands,
and I am unsure about the subcommands that deal
with accounts which likely would be missing since
9x had no accounts database.

Herb Martin, MCT, MCSD, MCSE, MVP
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com 
> [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Raz
> Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:18 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: How to add user under Cygwin
> 
> On 7/20/05, Christopher Faylor 
> <cgf-no-personal-reply-please@cygwin.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 04:23:31PM -0400, Etienne Mbuyi wrote:
> > >$ net user AyamJ password /add /yes
> > >$ net localgroup <an_local_group> AyamJ /add $ mkpassd -l 
> -u AyamJ >> 
> > >/etc/passwd
> > 
> > Does this work on Windows 9x, too?  It seems like some kind 
> of script 
> > or program which packaged these commands into a "useradd" 
> or "adduser" 
> > would be pretty valuable for cygwin.
> 
> AFAIK, Windows 9x did not ship with the "net" command. I 
> think you could download the "net" command in some form for 
> Windows 98, but I don't know how close it is to the 
> WinNT/Win2000/WinXP version.
> 
> > 
> > Anyone interested in researching this?
> > 
> > cgf
> > 
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