On Aug 17, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Terence Joseph wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm trying to install TinyOS 2.1 on Vista home premium (the first  
> time I've used Vista).  After installing cygwin and running it it  
> comes up with the following:
>
> Copying skeleton files.
> These files are for the user to personalise
> their cygwin experience.
>
> These will never be overwritten.
>
> `./.bashrc' -> `/home/tg//.bashrc'
> `./.bash_profile' -> `/home/tg//.bash_profile'
> `./.inputrc' -> `/home/tg//.inputrc'
> Your group is currently "mkgroup".  This indicates that
> the /etc/group (and possibly /etc/passwd) files should be rebuilt.
> See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run
> mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd
> mkgroup  -l [-d] > /etc/group
> Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users.
>
> Each time I run it after this the error from "Your group is  
> currently..." appears. Any ideas what the problems is?  Has it  
> something to do with permissions on Vista?  I've tried turning off  
> antivirus, windows defender and firewall during install but the same  
> problem still arises.
>
> Thanks
> Terence.

This sounds like a Cygwin question; you might have more luck on their  
forums.

Phil
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