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: <4A5BB021.20101@cygwin.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:07:29 -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> <4A5B8234.4020701@cygwin.com> <877hyc9tsn.fsf@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <877hyc9tsn.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: > "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" writes: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . Thanks. >> 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. ;-) > Thanks Larry, I'll avoid changing the file in that case. > > Is there any way of dealing with this problem? And the problem is that you want the files installed by Cygwin's "setup.exe" to use "paul" instead of "MEAD8998". Yeah, that will happen because "setup.exe" is a Windows program and is going to use the Windows SID of the user installing it. If you prefer "paul" to be used, you need to do one of two things: 1. Remove the "MEAD8998" user from your '/etc/passwd'. It's presumably before the "paul" user in the file and has the same SID. 2. "chmod -R paul / /usr/bin /usr/lib" If "MEAD8998" and "paul" exist in your '/etc/passwd' file and share the same SID, use (1). Otherwise, use (2). -- 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