From: noer AT cygnus DOT com (Geoffrey Noer) Subject: Re: Trouble using whoami and others 6 Apr 1998 16:30:27 -0700 Message-ID: <199804061103.EAA06083.cygnus.gnu-win32@rtl.cygnus.com> References: <006401bd5fab$f3493730$6d66b498 AT pclink DOT dynip DOT com> Content-Type: text To: cwilson AT pclink DOT dynip DOT com (Christopher Wilson) Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Christopher Wilson wrote: > > Don't know how to fix this problem; > I or another user types 'whoami' and get this responce: > > whoami: cannot find username for UID 500 At this point in Cygwin32's development, you need to create /etc including /etc/group and /etc/passwd using mkgroup and mkpasswd (provided with the tools). -- Geoffrey Noer noer AT cygnus DOT com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".