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: <20010313175259.68884.qmail@web9614.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 09:52:59 -0800 (PST) From: Reid Thompson Subject: Re: mutt and From: field To: Corinna Vinschen In-Reply-To: <20010313171258.H569@cygbert.vinschen.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii No, I have not intentionally touched /etc/passwd. Listed below are its contents. Looks like the comma is there..... Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0:: SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18:: Administrator::500:513:,S-1-5-21-2104126249-1604802521-612134452-500::/bin/sh Guest::501:513:,S-1-5-21-2104126249-1604802521-612134452-501::/bin/sh --- Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 10:39:21AM -0500, > S-1-5-21-2104126249-1604802521-612134452-500 wrote: > > A little help please. It appears that my config > is populating the From field with my machines MAC > address? Could someone direct me in the proper > means to populate this variable. I have had no > success attempting variations found in the mail > files. I am using the base dist. > > That's not the MAC address, that's the SID of your > user account > (administrator, apparently). Did you "clean up" your > /etc/passwd > entry? It should contain the above S-xxx string in > the pw_gecos > field but prepended by a comma. It's the way > mkpasswd generates > that entry. If you erase that comma, mutt treats > that string as > your full name. Two solutions: > > - Readd the comma to the pw_gecos field. If you > want, add your name > > admin::500:513:John > Doe,S-1-...:/home/admin:/bin/bash > > - Add a > > set realname="John Doe" > > to your .muttrc file. > > Corinna > > -- > Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails > regarding Cygwin to > Cygwin Developer > mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com > Red Hat, Inc. > > -- > Want to unsubscribe from this list? > Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple