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Re: Output from mkpasswd/mkgroup ... Again confused (2)


> On Nov 27 18:41, Houder wrote:
>> > On Nov 27 17:12, Houder wrote:
>> >> Hi Corinna,
>> >>
>> >> For comparison: output of 'mkpasswd -l' with and without /etc/nsswitch.conf present. Without it, my machine
>> >> is NOT a 'foreign machine'. When it is present, my machine is a 'foreign machine'. Strikes me as ...
>> >>
>> >> Until now, I believed that the output of mkpasswd/mkgroup had no dependency on /etc/nsswitch.conf.
>> >
>> > The most recent version has.  Here's what happens.  If you call mkpasswd
>> > without parameter, it just calls Cygwin's internal enumeration functions.
>> > If you call with -l, it checks if `passwd:' is set to "files" only in
>> > /etc/nsswitch.conf.  If so, it uses the old enumeration functions inside
>> > mkpasswd, which don't generate prefixed usernames for local accounts
>> > even on AD machines.  However, the uids/gids differ when using this
>> > method.  I could change the offset in this case to reduce the chance for
>> > a difference, but hey, there's no good reason to use /etc/passwd at all
>> > in your scenario :}
>>
>> ... ahem, you keep saying that (no need for /etc/passwd) to me :-)) However, my (personal) bin
>> directory has a script called mkpasswd_r(edacted) ... that modifies the uid of some of my users
>> (yes, me, and a few aliases for me).
>>
>> And I am sure, that I am not the only one with a script like that ...
>>
>> Above you are explaining _implementation_ ... not specification.
>
> There is none.  It's a helper tool which is supposed to be run only on
> demand, and the uids usually don't matter, as long as they are unique.
>
> But, anyway, you asked for it, you got it.  I applied a patch to
> mkpasswd/mkgroup to generate uids/gids for the local machine always
> using the same offset as when Cygwin computes them.
>
> Check out the latest snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/

Dje... You are still at the office?

Thank you very much!

Henri

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