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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 09:50:08 -0400
To: "piotr cygwin" <piotr_cygwin AT hotmail DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Default user accounts ?
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At 07:45 AM 5/31/2001, piotr cygwin wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I've just installed Cygwin on WinNT workstation (but with FAT filesytems) with the automatic "setup.exe" installer.
>
>The user account that has been created (and which is the default account when I launch bash) is "Administrator". Cygwin has not used at all my NT username (at least it is not present in /etc/passwd). So:
>
>- Is it normal ?


Yes, it a Windowsism.  We're stuck with it.


>- Is there a specific procedure to create an account
>  related to an NT account, or should I just do it
>  manually by adding an entry in /etc/passwd, with
>  the same username ?
>


Just change "Administrator" to your user name in /etc/passwd.


>Maybe it's a trivial question, but I couldn't something in FAQ, the user guide, or the archives.


Well, I'm glad you looked.  This information is definitely in the archives,
since it has come up before.  I don't have any direct pointers for you
either though.



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