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Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 10:55:18 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
From: Max Bowsher <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: Anton Avramov <aavramov AT openlinksw DOT bg>
cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Bug: cygwin-1.3.19-1 after instaling user is not properly resolved
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On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Anton Avramov wrote:
> After instaling upgrading to cygwin-1.3.19-1 the user is not properly
> resolved
> istead of the old promp username AT computer. I get ?щ"@computer or some other
> strange asccii codes.
> The home directory is set to /cygdrive/c
> if i start bash from the already running bash, it's starts working normaly

Sounds like your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files are out-of-date.
Regenerate them:

$ mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
$ mkgroup -l > /etc/group

Unless you are on a Windows domain, in which case you will need other
options to mkpasswd and mkgroup.

Max.



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