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* setup2.sgml: Add docs about domain accounts.

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2001-02-07 Eric M. Monsler <emonsler@beamreachnetworks.com>
* setup2.sgml: Add docs about domain accounts.
Thu Dec 21 15:03:29 2000 Edward M. Lee <tailbert@yahoo.com>
* cygwinenv.sgml: Fix typo in <filename>. Add missing </para>.

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<para> Under Windows NT, if you want to create
<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and <filename>/etc/group</filename>
(i.e. so that <command>whoami</command> works and
<command>ls -l</command> replaces the UID with a name) just
do this:
<command>ls -l</command> replaces the UID with a name) based on the accounts local to the machine, just do this:
</para>
<screen>
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<prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkgroup -l > /etc/group</userinput>
</screen>
<para> Future changes to your NT registry will NOT be reflected in
<para>If you are logging in based on an NT network domain, and want to
also create entries in <filename>/etc/passwd</filename> and
<filename>/etc/group</filename> based on all the accounts in the
domain, then after creating local entries do this:
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>/$</prompt> <userinput>cd /etc</userinput>
<prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkpasswd -d >> /etc/passwd</userinput>
<prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkgroup -d >> /etc/group</userinput>
</screen>
<para>Alternatively, to add only your account to the passwd file,
assuming your NT name is "my_ntusername", instead of the above
<command>mkpasswd</command> you should do:
</para>
<screen>
<prompt>/$</prompt> <userinput>cd /etc</userinput>
<prompt>/etc$</prompt> <userinput>mkpasswd -d | grep my_ntusername >> /etc/passwd</userinput>
</screen>
<para> Future changes to your NT registry or network domain will NOT be reflected in
<filename>/etc/passwd</filename> or <filename>/etc/group </filename> after
this so you may want to regenerate these files periodically. Under Windows
9x, you can create and edit these files with a text editor. </para>