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Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 10:46:46 +0100
From: Pavel Tsekov <ptsekov AT syntrex DOT com>
Reply-To: Pavel Tsekov <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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To: "Rincewind" <rincewind AT karlstad DOT bonet DOT se>
CC: "Pavel Tsekov" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re[2]: Space in username error; stomped newbie
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Hello Rincewind,

Wednesday, March 27, 2002, 10:11:44 AM, you wrote:


>> R> My login name in Win XP have a space in it wich is no good so I want to
>> R> force CygWin to use another account that doesn't ahve that problem.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Read /usr/doc/Cygwin/login.README - it contains information on how to
>> map WinNT/2000/XP accounts to entries in /etc/passwd.

R> Thanks, but I checked that file, and although I didn't get it completely the
R> suggested changes seems to be as my passwd file is as default more or less,
R> I tried setting the U-user bit for the account I want to use but always get
R> a "incorrect login" with or without it.

1. Assume I have a user called Pavel Tsekov on my XP

2. mkpasswd -l -u 'Pavel Tsekov' outputs this (on one line):

Pavel Tsekov:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1009:513:Pavel Tsekov,U-MORDOR\Pavel Tsekov,S-
1-5-21-1161744426-645757453-568730901-1009:/home/Pavel Tsekov:/bin/bash

3. I want a shorter name to use in cygwin so I modify the line above
to look like this:

ptsekov:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1009:513:Pavel Tsekov,U-MORDOR\Pavel Tsekov,S-
1-5-21-1161744426-645757453-568730901-1009:/home/ptsekov:/bin/bash

Now cygwin knows I want to be refered to as ptsekov but it has to
consider the security settings for Pavel Tsekov in the NT account
database.

Isn't this what you want to achieve ?


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