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From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net>
To: "James Begley" <james AT hafro DOT is>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <200301311321 DOT h0VDLHZY028225 AT hafbeit DOT hafro DOT is>
Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.3.19/bash prompt bug
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:25:48 -0000
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James Begley wrote:
>> I've just posted about the same issue :) You are missing the entry
>> for 
>> james in the /etc/passwd file. Update the passwd database with
>> mkpasswd 
>> and you should be fine.
> 
> Thanks for that - I have now got it to work, but it wasnt quite as
> simple as it should have been!
> 
> The 'administrator' account (that I use infrequently to
> install/update software) is an account local to this PC.  The 'james'
> account (which I use all the time) is a network account, and doesnt
> show up in the Microsoft "users and passwords" tool.
> 
> So, after rummaging around in the registry to find out what the 'SID'
> of the network account was, I manually added this to the /etc/passwd
> file (using the helpful hints at
> http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html) 

How about:
$ mkpasswd -d -u james >> /etc/passwd
No registry fiddling involved.

Max.


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