Re: cygwin 3.6.6-1

Brian Inglis via Cygwin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.cygwin
Organization Systematic Software
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026-01-09 15:04, Takashi Yano via Cygwin wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 21:16:18 +0100
> Marco Atzeri wrote:
>> On 09/01/2026 19:40, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin-announce wrote:
>>> The following packages have been uploaded to the Cygwin distribution:
>>>
>>> * cygwin-3.6.6-1
>>> * cygwin-devel-3.6.6-1
>>> * cygwin-doc-3.6.6-1
>>>
>>> Fixes:
>>> ------
>>>
>>> - Fix primary group override for non-domain users and users of a
>>>     Microsoft account.
>>>     Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2025-December/259068.html
>>>
>> Hi Corinna,
>> I see no difference from before
>>
>> $ cat passwd
>> Marco:*:197609:545:U-DESKTOP-OHBRJA7\marco,S-1-5-21-2503904838-1031341892-1080375727-1001:/home/marco:/bin/bash
>>
>> $ id
>> uid=197609(Marco) gid=197121(None)
>> groups=197121(None),545(Users),4(INTERACTIVE),66049(CONSOLE
>> LOGON),11(Authenticated Users),15(This Organization),113(Local
>> account),4095(CurrentSession),66048(LOCAL),262154(NTLM
>> Authentication),401408(Medium Mandatory Level)
>>
>> $ uname -svr
>> CYGWIN_NT-10.0-26200 3.6.6-1.x86_64 2026-01-09 17:39 UTC
> 
> That's weird. In my environment,
> 
> $ cat /etc/passwd | grep yano
> yano:*:197609:545:U-EXPRESS5800-S70\yano,S-1-5-21-1515853178-1880514851-1804962447-1001:/home/yano:/bin/tcsh
> $ id
> uid=197609(yano) gid=545(Users) groups=545(Users),197121(なし),197681(docker-users),559(Performance Log Users),555(Remote Desktop Users),4(INTERACTIVE),66049(CONSOLE LOGON),11(Authenticated Users),15(This Organization),113(ローカル アカウント),4095(CurrentSession),66048(LOCAL),262154(NTLM Authentication),401408(Medium Mandatory Level)
> $ uname -svr
> CYGWIN_NT-10.0-26200 3.6.6-1.x86_64 2026-01-09 17:39 UTC
> $

Should you not check `getent passwd $USER` and `net user $USER` rather than
{,/etc/}passwd, as the former are Cygwin and Windows output while the latter are 
Cygwin input?

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