Re: cygwin 3.6.6-1

Marco Atzeri via Cygwin <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.cygwin
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 12/01/2026 10:45, Corinna Vinschen via Cygwin wrote:
> On Jan  9 21:16, Marco Atzeri via Cygwin 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
> 
> Weird.  I just tried it on my machine with both methods for local SAM
> accounts, either changing the entry in /etc/passwd, or adding <cygwin
> group="users"/> to the local SAM comment field, and in both cases the
> primary group of my account is changed to the builtin "Users" group in
> Cygwin.
> 
> Sure your /etc/nsswitch.conf is correct?
> 
> 
> Corinna
> 

It was some glitch.
Closed again all processes and now it works as expected

$ id
uid=197608(Marco) gid=545(Users) 
groups=545(Users),197121(NESSUNO),4(INTERACTIVE),66049(ACCESSO 
CONSOLE),11(Authenticated Users),15(Questa organizzazione),113(Account 
locale),4095(CurrentSession),66048(LOCALE),262154(Autenticazione 
NTLM),401408(Livello obbligatorio medio)

$ uname -svr
CYGWIN_NT-10.0-26200 3.6.6-1.x86_64 2026-01-09 17:39 UTC




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