> From: Pierre A. Humblet > At 01:02 PM 12/8/2002 -0000, John Morrison wrote: > > > >Glad you commented at the time this was up for debate... > > Sorry, I totally missed that discussion. > Better late than never?
Ok... > >Adding the domain users at work is a mear second or so. Those networks > >where it is bigger than that, I'm afraid I can't offer any suggestions > > Earnie Boyd recently suggested -u, which would already go a long way. > In addition, -c avoids contacting the PDC. > > >Why? I never log on locally when running on a network domain... > > Others do. Also you probably are in the local Users group, but you > don't see it. Possibly, how can I tell? > >so add a -c to mkgroup too... > > That has crossed my mind but I don't know any way to find the > primary group name without asking the PDC. > > >BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS! > > I totally agree :( > > >The whole idea was so > >*anyone* can install cygwin - local OR domain user and get what > >they expect. > > That's exactly why I suggest -c. > > >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? > > No. But I have only checked on one machine. > By the way that test is not needed in the script with -c, because it > is then done in a case insensitive manner by mkpasswd itself. See the posting from Earnie Boyd. J.
