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Date:	Sat, 5 Apr 2003 11:52:50 -0500 (EST)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To:	alan DOT miles AT ieee DOT org
cc:	kaio <electabuzz AT katamail DOT com>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	RE: WinXP username with spaces --> wmaker ko
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Alan,

The "fix" below has a few problems (one of which is unconditionally
removing /etc/passwd).  IMO, it's better to fix the scripts that have
improper quoting, or, barring that, unset HOME in your Windows environment
(or modify /etc/profile) and make sure your username doesn't contain a
space.  Going out of your way to accomodate scripts without proper quoting
will only lead to the proliferation of such scripts.
	Igor

On Sat, 5 Apr 2003, Alan Miles wrote:

> All,
>
> I have the same problem (on my machine at home) - However I do have a
> (partial) solution (I am still working on the final solution):
>
> This has to be done after CYGWIN installation, but BEFORE and user logon.
> Edit the /etc/passwd file and replace the space in the first field, and edit
> the field /home/<something with space> to /home/<something_with_out_space>
> and save.
>
> I am working on a scripting solution to install as part of my installation -
> maybe this could be incorporated as part of the "main" CYGWIN release.
>
> Below is a script fragment on how I am proposing to "automate" this fix.
>
> ThePasswordFile="/etc/passwd"
> ModUserName="$(/usr/bin/echo "${USER}" | /usr/bin/sed -e 's/ /_/g')"
>
> ...
>
> ModHomeUserName="$(/usr/bin/basename "${HOME}" | /usr/bin/sed -e 's/ /_/g')"
> ModHomeUserDirName="$(/usr/bin/dirname "${HOME}")/"
> ModHome="${ModHomeUserDirName}${ModHomeUserName}"
>
> /usr/bin/rm -f "${ThePasswordFile}"
>
> if [ ! -e "${ThePasswordFile}" -a ! -L "${ThePasswordFile}" ]
> then
>    /usr/bin/mkpasswd -l -c | /usr/bin/gawk -F':' -v oldUser="${USER}" -v newUser="${ModUserName}" -v newUserHomeDir="${ModHome}" ' BEGIN {OFS=":" ; } $1 ~ oldUser {$1=newUser ; $6=newUserHomeDir; } {print $0 ; } ' > "${ThePasswordFile}"
> fi
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Alan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kaio [mailto:electabuzz AT katamail DOT com]
> Sent: April 4, 2003 10:48
> To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: WinXP username with spaces --> wmaker ko
>
>
> i have my administrator user named with a space on WInXP.
> cygwin installation is ok, but windowmaker don't install: seems that the
> space generates a new parameter in installation commands!
> in fact, wmaker installation creates a new dir in /home/ with the first half
> of username!

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