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Date:	Fri, 08 Aug 2003 14:20:22 -0400
From:	Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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To:	Johan Parin <Johan DOT Parin AT era DOT ericsson DOT se>
CC:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: "cannot find username for UID XXX"
References:	<mollu4yqrg DOT fsf AT EFOLJ000L5270TI DOT eemea DOT ericsson DOT se>
In-Reply-To:	<mollu4yqrg.fsf@EFOLJ000L5270TI.eemea.ericsson.se>

Johan Parin wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Just installed Cygwin on Win2K. It's working fine except that I don't
> have a username ;( . This has some bad consequences like not being
> able to use ssh. id returns the following:
> 
> uid=479 gid=10513(mkgroup_l_d)
> groups=544(Administrators),545(Users),10513(mkgroup_l_d)
> 
> uid 479 is not in passwd, as can be seen in attachment.
> 
> My username should be erajpaa. I have no idea where Cygwin picks up
> uid 479 from. If I start up cmd.exe, I can see the following USER
> related variables:
> 
> ALLUSERSPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\All Users
> USERDNSDOMAIN=eemea.ericsson.se
> USERDOMAIN=EEMEA
> USERNAME=erajpaa
> USERPROFILE=C:\Documents and Settings\erajpaa
> 
> These are inherited by the Cygwin shell, which however also creates
> 
> USER=479
> 
> Could I have done something wrong during installation, or can I do
> something to fix this now?
> 
> Should I change the uid for erajpaa in passwd, or can I do something
> to convince Cygwin I'm uid 66015 instead?

mkpasswd -d -u erajpaa >/etc/passwd
mkgroup -d >/etc/group

See the email archives for more discussion of these if you continue to
have problems or are interested in learning more.

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