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Re: problem with mkdir //fileserver when opening cygwin terminal
- From: Leo Lagos <leo dot lagos at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 09:44:35 -0600
- Subject: Re: problem with mkdir //fileserver when opening cygwin terminal
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HI Larry,
I created a new /etc/passwd by using:
llagos@T420-LLAGOS ~
$ mkpasswd -l -c -p /home
That solved the issue!
Thanks a lot,
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Larry Hall (Cygwin)
> On 3/25/2014 10:54 AM, Leo Lagos wrote:
>>
>> Hi Larry,
>>
>> Yes, that seems to be the problem. My /etc/passwd is full of users of
>> my company's domain, all of them (including me) with home such as
>> //fileserver/public/<user>
>>
>> I don't need to have all my company in this file, since it's only for me.
>>
>> any quick way or re-creating this file? I do remember a mkpasswd or
>> similar command..???
>
>
> Yes, mkpasswd will allow you to populate your '/etc/passwd' file.
> mkgroup will do the same for your '/etc/group' file. Check out the
> man page and/or the Cygwin User's Guide for more details.
>
> <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd>
> <http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkgroup>
>
> If you would prefer to work only with a local user, use the -l or -L
> flags for these commands. Otherwise, use the -d or -D flags. For the
> domain at least, you probably want to use the -c flag. You will probably
> also want to use the -p flag to specify your home directory (since it
> points to a network path for your domain).
>
>
>
> --
> Larry
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