Hallo Trevor, Am 2001-10-27 um 12:01 schriebst du:
> The attached simple patch fixes the problem of passwd being reset everytime > setup is run. > "Rename" fails if a file named "*.done" exists therefore you end up with two > files in the /etc/postinstall named passwd-grp.bat.done and passwd-grp.bat. > Consequently, passwd-grp.bat clobbers your passwd every time setup is run. > So how do you end up in this position ---- delete your passwd and group > files after you have run setup for the first time. I suspect this is > happening to many users ......... O.k., I see the problem, but why is there created a second passwd-grp.bat? I have one file there: passwd-grp.bat.done, there was never created a second passwd-grp.bat, so how could this happen? > The patched setup will fix the problem the first time it is run, > unfortunately, this first time run will still reset the passwd and group > files. However, the problem will be fixed thereafter. We will get a lot of questions at the list, "why was my /etc/passwd recreated...?" and all the problems reported the last time because of big domains and so. Fup2 cygwin-apps Ciao, Gerrit P. Haase mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- =^..^=
