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From: Thorsten Kampe <thorsten AT thorstenkampe DOT de>
Subject: Re: Adding new user
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 13:01:35 +0100
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* David Rasmussen (03-02-15 12:47 +0100)
> How do I create a new user account? I know that it
> probably has to exist as a Windows user first. So I
> created a new Windows user. But then what? How do I
> get cygwin to make a /home/newuser dir

This is done automatically when the login shell for that user is 
executed first.

> and understand that the user exists (in /etc/passwd etc.)

man mkpasswd

> so I can do "su -newuser" etc. ?

less /usr/doc/Cygwin/login.README

Thorsten
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