Re: mkpasswd/mkgroup ... although only helper tools

["Houder" <houder at xs4all dot nl>]

> On Nov 28 09:24, Houder wrote:
>> Test:*:197614:197121:Test,U-Seven\Test,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1006:/home/Test:/bin/bash
>>                      ^^^^ <==== gecos field has THREE members (iso two)
>
> For the gecos content, it's created not the same way in Cygwin vs.
> mkpasswd and this won't change.  See the thread starting at
> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2014-11/msg00580.html

Did you notice the difference between (Guest, Henri) and (Test, UpdatusUser) ?????

They are all 'S-1-5-21-X-Y-Z account/SIDs' ... but the gecos field of Guest and Henri only have TWO
members ... that is, what is the difference between Henri and Test (both are local accounts, created
by me)?

That why I said, "to me this output is inconsistent" ...

Henri

Guest:*:197109:197121:U-Seven\Guest,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash
Henri:*:197608:197121:U-Seven\Henri,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1000:/home/Henri:/bin/bash
...
Test:*:197614:197121:Test,U-Seven\Test,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1006:/home/Test:/bin/bash
                     ^^^^ <==== gecos field has THREE members (iso two)
UpdatusUser:*:197609:197121:UpdatusUser,U-Seven\UpdatusUser,S-1-5-21-91509220-1575020443-2714799223-1001:/home/UpdatusUser:/bin/bash
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^ <==== ditto

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