X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_HELO_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <4A5B8234.4020701@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:51:32 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090320 Remi/2.0.0.21-1.fc8.remi Lightning/0.9 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Username hassles References: <20090713150949.GF4505@calimero.vinschen.de> <87bpnoa49i.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <87bpnoa49i.fsf@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Paul Mead wrote: > Corinna Vinschen writes: >> http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html >> >> >> Corinna > OK, so if I'm reading this right, I need to edit /etc/passwd to > translate my 'paul' cygwin login to my XP 'MEAD8998' username. Then > ownership of file owned by 'MEAD8998' will no longer be a problem. > > Is that about right? Ownerships won't change. You're only telling Cygwin that the name to display for your user is "MEAD8998" rather than "paul". The user id (or SID in Windows) will not change (and you shouldn't change it in '/etc/passwd'). This is all "details" but since you asked the question, I figured the details where what you wanted. ;-) -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple