Corinna Vinschen writes: > mkpasswd -o For the record, the correct solution for my situation is to issue the following commands on all three involved machines: mkpasswd -L Mach1 -L Mach2 -L Mach3 | grep + > /etc/passwd mkgroup -L Mach1 -L Mach2 -L Mach3 | grep + > /etc/group and make sure that "files" is active in nsswitch.conf for passwd and group. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple