Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: jeff DOT rancier AT softechnics DOT com (Jeffery B. Rancier) Subject: Re: Cygwin 1.3.19/bash prompt bug Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:59:09 -0500 Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <200301311321 DOT h0VDLHZY028225 AT hafbeit DOT hafro DOT is> <004f01c2c92c$44ce25e0$78d96f83 AT pomello> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet AT main DOT gmane DOT org User-Agent: Gnus/5.090013 (Oort Gnus v0.13) Emacs/21.2 (i386-msvc-nt5.1.2600) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5t93pzRUsrF4E6BDoUJ7oWycEOM= >>>>> "Max" == Max Bowsher writes: > How about: > $ mkpasswd -d -u james >> /etc/passwd > No registry fiddling involved. Nope, that didn't do it. I added: administrator Administrator ADMINISTRATOR I exited and restarted, but still get garbage as the name. I'm running the cygwin.bat ,----[ cygwin.bat ] | @echo off | | h: | chdir h:\usr\pkg\cygwin\bin | | bash --login -i `---- Other suggestions? -- Thanks, Jeff ,---- | Jeffery B. Rancier | | Softechnics | a METTLER TOLEDO company `---- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/