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Date:	Tue, 18 Feb 2003 11:12:43 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)
From:	Max Bowsher <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To:	David Starks-Browning <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
cc:	David Rasmussen <pinkfloydhomer AT yahoo DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Username with space in it
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, David Starks-Browning wrote:

> On Tuesday 18 Feb 03, David Rasmussen writes:
> > My Windows user name is "David Rasmussen". I've found
> > that some things choke on the space in the user name,
> > for example bootstrapping gcc. So I would like to use
> > another name, "david" as my username. Can that be
> > done? And how?
>
> Do you really need to change your user name?  You probably just need
> to change your home directory.  See what's currently done in
> /etc/profile.  Set HOME to something else.  Make sure you create that
> directory, and also edit /etc/passwd accordingly.

Or, to change your username, simply edit the first field of the relevant
line of /etc/passwd - and make sure to change your home dir, as well

David Rasmussen:...:/home/David Rasmussen:...

becomes

david:...:/home/david:...

and also rename the directory itself.

Max.




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