Mail Archives: cygwin/2007/06/12/18:23:10
Bahrami, Haleh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After looking through your archives and trying out some recommendations,
> I still cannot get Cygwin to recognize that I am a new user--still
> cannot get it to create an account for me (even though I am logged into
> my windows account when I am using it--it's all set up on the windows
> side). I inherited my computer from a previous employee, and cywin came
> installed, so it's set up to use all of his profiles and preferences. I
> want my own account that I can customize and have permissions on.
>
> I have tried "mkpasswd" to add my user name to the passwd file, which it
> did, but it didn't change the fact that when I login it still begins in
> his cygwin/home/olduser directory.
>
> How do I create my own directory within cygwin/home? If I change the
> permissions on cywin/home from read only and manually add my own user
> folder, will it work or break something else?
>
> I am a newbie with cygwin, so please give full instructions.
Edit '/etc/passwd' and change the home directory for your user to be the
path you want. If that doesn't work, please read and follow the problem
reporting guidelines found at the link below:
<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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