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Re: Absence of mkgroup and mkpasswd man pages


On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 11:39:27AM +0100, Dave Korn wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cygwin-owner On Behalf Of Robert Thorpe
>> Sent: 05 October 2004 11:24
>
>> After installing a new machine with cygwin, it displayed the message:
>> 
>>     Your groupname is currently "mkgroup_l_d".  This indicates
>>     that not all users and groups are listed in /etc/passwd and
>>     /etc/group files.
>>     See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run
>>     mkpasswd -l -d > /etc/passwd
>>     mkgroup -l -d > /etc/group
>>     This message will only be displayed once.
>> 
>> Unfortunately, though, "man mkgroup" or "man mkpasswd" do not 
>> work, they're are no man pages for these utilities.
>
>WFM:

C'mon!  Use WJFFM.  I want to get that acronym in the list so that
I can use it with impunity.

The "Just Fine" component adds a little bit of supercilious meanness
that is very satisifying.

cgf


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