X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:45:08 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: [1.7] Problem - user fstab when username contains a space Message-ID: <20081217084508.GM6830@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <49486F18.9060809@cornell.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49486F18.9060809@cornell.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Dec 16 22:16, Ken Brown wrote: > I just installed cygwin 1.7 on a computer in which one of the usernames has > a space in it. The first time the user ran Cygwin.bat, she got an error > message involving fstab. (She doesn't remember the precise error message.) > I checked /etc/fstab.d and found that no fstab had been created for her. > I created it manually, and the next time she ran Cygwin.bat there was no > error message. I'm guessing that the space in her username was the > problem. The script creating the file doesn't quote the filename, so, yes, the space is the problem. I'll upload a new version of the script. Thanks for the report, Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/