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Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2002 14:58:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Alan Westhagen <alan AT westhagen DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: I have no name
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I have just installed cygwin.  When I
run the window, the $ prompt is always
preceded by the line

    I have no name!@<name of computer>

What is causing this? and how do I
get rid of it?

I have defined USER in /etc/profile, but
that doesn't seem to have any effect.

-- Alan


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