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Re: Building /etc/passwd from setup.exe


On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:02:39 -0000 John Morrison <john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> > It seems desirable to
> > - have local users and groups always appear in /etc/passwd and /etc/group
> 
> Why?  I never log on locally when running on a network domain...

Don't a lot of the system files belong to the local account used for
installation?  SYSTEM is also a local user though that is a special case.
I don't have a domain account right now so I can't check to see if '-d'
includes the special local users/groups.

> I think the -c is not a bad idea.  I'll go with the majority
> about the domain stuff, but I think it should be there.  Question:
> have you a known situation where $USERDOMAIN != hostname and
> you weren't logged into a domain?

For several years, I used my laptop both at work and at home.  When not
at work, I logged in using cached user information.

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