Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: <3A5CE0F6.80C2EA05@home.com> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 17:23:51 -0500 From: "David A. Cobb" Organization: At-Home user X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,pdf MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" CC: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" , Dan Lipofsky Subject: Re: why am I administrator? References: <81CC73FC2FACD311A2D200508B8B88AA1ADB05 AT kurion_exch DOT kurion DOT com> <4 DOT 3 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 20010110161318 DOT 021f0e48 AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote: > At 04:07 PM 1/10/2001, Earnie Boyd wrote: > >Dan Lipofsky wrote: > > > > > > I installed the latest cygwin on my Win2000Pro machine. > > > I was administrator when I installed it, but I am now > > > trying to use it while logged on as dlipofsky. However, > > > cygwin still thinks I am administrator. How can I fix this? > > > > > > USER=administrator but USERNAME=dlipofsky. > > > USERNAME is set by the OS. Here is a dump of some enviroment > > > variables, from bash and from the DOS prompt respectively. > > > > > > >USER is set in the /etc/profile function by issuing the `id -un` > >command. The id command gets it's name from the associated uid in the > >/etc/passwd file. > > > >I can also guess that you are in the local administrator group and > >logged on as a domain user. Upon setup a /etc/passwd file is created > >from the local sid. You need to add your domain sid for your user > >account. > > > >Cheers, > >Earnie. > > This seems to come up allot. Maybe we need an FAQ for this? > > Larry Hall lhall AT rfk DOT com > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX Yeah, a FAQ would be nice. I had my asbestos undies well warmed for asking the same question. Chris solemnly avers that the answer is in the mail archives, even though I didn't find it within the previous 3 months. I do believe Chris, his memory is far better than mine since I'm down to under 8 hours now. I got around this another way that made sense to me. I modified my Cygwin.BAT file (which I put in my HOME (My Documents) rather than in the root. Instead of directly starting bash, it executes "C:/bin/login -u Superbiskit". Login knows from /etc/passwd that I like bash, and it starts it in the "correct" mode (interactive login shell). -- David A. Cobb, Software Engineer, Public Access Advocate. Public Key at: "Don't buy or use crappy software" "By the grace of God I am a Christian man, by my actions a great sinner" -- The Way of a Pilgrim [R. M. French, tr.] -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple