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Re: 19990805 Snapshot!!


--- Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de> wrote:
> Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > NT4 sp3 Normal domain user.  I have no /etc/passwd and no /etc/group files.
> > CYGWIN=notty binmode notitle.
> 
> As I mentioned often enough before: ntsec is really dependent on correct
> installed /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. If you don't have it, create it.
> Read winsup/doc/ntsec.sgml for more info.
> 

Hmm.  I can see a lot of problems on the list with this.  Actually, I think
we're already seeing problems posted to the list based on this problem.  Since
this is a new feature, it might be best served with the default being nontsec
in all cases.  Then if ntsec is set and the proper /etc/passwd and /etc/group
files don't exist give a nice fat error with instructions of where to look for
the documentation for the proper use of ntsec and abort.

> Please, send the strace to Chris, too. Maybe, he finds sth.
> 

I did. ;^)

> I have made a tiny patch to ntsec which is related to the get_signal_mutex
> problem, maybe, but since I can't reproduce your problem, I don't know.
> I have send it to Chris and the mailing list as ntsec patch 10. Please,
> try it, as far as it is published.

I'll try it, when I get a chance.  And, thank-you for the attempts to fix.
===
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>

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