Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs>
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com
X-Apparently-From: <earnie?boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Message-ID: <3A4FCCAE.2741A442@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 19:17:50 -0500
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.5-15 i686)
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: gerrit DOT haase AT t-online DOT de
CC: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin Bash shell start
References: <3A4CBE6F DOT 63963D62 AT yahoo DOT com> <3A4E2F74 DOT 12705 DOT E9B1DD2 AT localhost>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

"Gerrit P. Haase" wrote:

> <30 Dec 2000, 12:13 Uhr wars, als Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc folgendes schrub:>
> < Re: Cygwin Bash shell start >
>
> > At 11:40 AM 12/29/2000, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > >"McCann, Brian" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I just installed the latest version and when I start the Cygwin bash shell
> > > > from the start\program files menu
> > > > I get this message " I have no name DOT  AT Erin~ " . How do I correct this in my
> > > > .profile?
> > >
> > >The PS1 variable is set in your /etc/profile file.  The command `id -un'
> > >can't figure out your name so you get "I have no name." as the USER.
> > >This can be fixed by creating an appropriate entry for the uid given by
> > >`id -u' in the /etc/passwd file.
> [...]
> >
> > This is starting to look like FAQ fodder to me.  David, do you think you
> > can add an entry for this?
>
> I wonder, why all these people got these problems now.
> As i installed cygwin the last time, a few weeks ago, i started by clicking
> on cygwin.bat then i had a name...

It depends on the type of NT user, domain vs local.  Setup executes mkpasswd for the
local users and not the domain users due to the possibility of the sheer volume of
possible domain users.  (E.G. the company I work for has more than 10,000 users).

Cheers,
Earnie.


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
http://im.yahoo.com

--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple