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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004, Nick Coghlan wrote:

> Opening up /etc/passwd in a text editor and doing a search and replace for "Nick
> Coghlan" -> "NickCoghlan" worked fine for me. It makes Cygwin happy, and Windows
>   gets to continue on in blithe ignorance of what is going on.

Yes. I think that's the best solution by a lot and the only one that
should be in the FAQ.

Rodrigo

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