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Subject:	Re: User account problem
Date:	Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:29:05 +0100
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> On Apr 20 15:32, Aaron Gray wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to use a different named user account on Cygwin, ie one without a
>> space.
>>
>> I am using Vista and Cygwin.
>>
>> I have an account created by default called 'Aaron Gray', what I need is
>> an account called 'ang'.
>>
>> How can I go about changing my default account to be 'ang', if this is
>> possible at all ?
>
> Just change your user name in /etc/passwd to "ang"(*).

Many thanks Corinna,

Aaron

>
> (*) http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-files
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