Never mind. Although it is/was repeatable with the run-mkgroup/CYGWIN=ntsec/no-existing-/etc/group scenario, I just had it happen again while I was innocently running setup. My hardware is probably damaged, not just my previous NT software installation. @#$!&#$. --Chuck -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/