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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 12:57:01 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Query
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On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 04:05:39PM +0530, Nipun_Java wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
> Hope you can resolve my query.....I have just installed cygwin on WindowsNT and am a novice of sorts ......though i know a bit about unix environment.......and stuff.

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Corinna............

> 
> Now I want to logon to cygwin with a different user name.....( other than administrator)......how do i go about it?
> 
> Below is the problem in detail:
> 
> 		I am logged onto my machine on itlinfosys domain........with user name nipun_java........okay......so what i want to do is just logon with userid nipun
> 
> 		So what i did is add myself as a user without domain ......keeping name as nipun.....and giving a password....using windows user manager.
> 
> 		This even got reflected when I did mkpasswd......this is the output
> 
> 		Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0::
> 		SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18::
> 		Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
> 		Administrator::500:513:,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/sh
> 		Guest::501:513:,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-501:/home/Guest:/bin/sh
> 		nipun::1002:513:Nipun Java,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-1002:/home/nipun:/bin/sh
> 		VUSR_MYSSD118876::1000:513:VSA Server Account,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-1000:/home/VUSR_MYSSD118876:/bin/sh
> 		VUSR_MYSSD1188761::1001:513:VSA Server Account,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-1001:/home/VUSR_MYSSD1188761:/bin/sh
> 
> 		as u can see nipun is there............
> 
> 		now problem is .......when i use login command........then its not accepting nipun and the password as a valid entry.
> 
> 		also when I type passwd command.......it gives the output 
> 
> 		passwd : unknown user Nipun_Java( which is my login to Itlinfosys domain)................what is the reason for this....
> 
> 		Do I have to do a "mkpasswd -d | grep nipun_java  >> /etc/passwd" first ?
> 
> 		Any input would be appreciated?
> 
> 
> Nipun Java 
> Infosys Technologies Ltd. 
> SDB-1 Mysore 
> ESCP - Embedded Systems - Avionics 
> Phone: +91-821-404101 Ext. 4386
> 
> 
> 
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