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Re: 'mkgroup -lu' error and/or missing group member names
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:37:06 +0200
- Subject: Re: 'mkgroup -lu' error and/or missing group member names
- References: <6.2.5.6.2.20100412095145.039c5170@flumedata.com>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Apr 12 10:06, starlight@binnacle.cx wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When
>
> mkgroup -lu
>
> is run on a current (as of today) install of CYGWIN 1.7.4,
> it returns the error
>
> mkgroup (376): [1722] The RPC server is unavailable.
>
> Running any of
>
> mkgroup -l -u
> mkgroup -u -l
> mkgroup -ul
>
> does not result in an error message, but also does not include
> member user IDs in the output:
>
> Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544:
> Users:S-1-5-32-545:545:
>
> If 'mkgroup' from CYGWIN 1.5.25 is run under 1.7.4, correct output is
> produced with all combinations of the -l and -u parameters:
>
> Administrators:S-1-5-32-544:544:Administrator,cyg_server
> Users:S-1-5-32-545:545:testuser,sshd,cyg_server
>
> The 'mkgroup' 1.7.4 behavior appears to be a bug or defect.
No, it's not. -l is an option with an optional argument. If it's
followed by other characters like in `-lu', it tries to access the
server called "u". Same for `-l u'.
Corinna
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