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Corinna Vinschen 2014-10-22 08:32:07 +00:00
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What's new: What's new:
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- Introduce reading passwd/group entries directly from SAM/AD, thus allowing - Cygwin can now generate passwd/group entries directly from Windows
to do without /etc/passwd and /etc/group files. Introduce /etc/nsswitch.conf user databases (local SAM or Active Directory), thus allowing to run
file to configure passwd/group handling. Cygwin without having to create /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.
Introduce /etc/nsswitch.conf file to configure passwd/group handling.
For bordercase which require to use /etc/passwd and /etc/group files,
change mkpasswd/mkgroup to generate passwd/group entries compatible
with the entries read from SAM/AD.
- /proc/cygdrive is a new symlink pointing to the current cygdrive prefix. - /proc/cygdrive is a new symlink pointing to the current cygdrive prefix.
This can be utilized in scripts to access paths via cygdrive prefix, even This can be utilized in scripts to access paths via cygdrive prefix, even