From 9b41831e4cd5e09eeff8f26304b2f181c26a779a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2014 13:53:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * utils.xml (mkpasswd): Change /etc/group to /etc/passwd. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ winsup/doc/utils.xml | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index 06a583802..41ce35cc7 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2014-11-07 Corinna Vinschen + + * utils.xml (mkpasswd): Change /etc/group to /etc/passwd. + 2014-11-05 Corinna Vinschen * new-features.xml (ov-new1.7.33): Document xdr and atexit. diff --git a/winsup/doc/utils.xml b/winsup/doc/utils.xml index 7c90d726e..0e146d8b7 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/utils.xml +++ b/winsup/doc/utils.xml @@ -999,8 +999,8 @@ on domain controllers and domain member machines. The mkpasswd program can be used to create a /etc/passwd file. Cygwin doesn't need this file, because it reads user information from the Windows account databases, - but you can add an /etc/group file for instance, if - your machine is often disconnected from its domain controller. + but you can add an /etc/passwd file, for instance + if your machine is often disconnected from its domain controller. Note that this information is static, in contrast to the information automatically gathered by Cygwin from the Windows account databases. If