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Date: | Thu, 06 Dec 2001 22:16:03 -0500 |
To: | danielzr AT netzero DOT net, Cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
From: | "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: $USERNAME != $USER ($USERNAME = Win NT name) |
In-Reply-To: | <200112070116.UAA27188@acestes-fe0.ultra.net> |
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At 08:15 PM 12/6/2001, Daniel Rosenzweig wrote: >In NT, I have a username, lets call it, 'myname', which has admin rights >(for the local PC). When I did a try mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd it never >created a listing for danr -- it created one for Administrator --- and >that's what my $USER and home directory are set for. On the other hand, >Cygwin set my $USERNAME to 'myname'. What's going on here? Since you're repeating your question, I'll repeat my answer: Checking the FAQ and email archives will give you some insights here. Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- 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/
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