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Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 21:16:20 -0400
From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <pierre DOT humblet AT ieee DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: latest version of vi messes up bash for me
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:57:32AM +0200, Stephen Biggs wrote:

<snip>
 
> Maybe it is relevant to say that I am invoking cygwin by the shortcut of:
> C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM /E:4096 /c C:\cygwin\bin\login steve
> with the /etc/passwd file entries:
> user::400:401:user:/home/user:/bin/bash
> steve::502:100:steve:/home/steve:/bin/bash
> sshd::545:545:sshd::/bin/false
> 
> and /etc/group:
> all::544:
> users::100:
> user::401:
> 
> ... instead of the normal batch file since this is the only way I could 
> think of to log myself on as another user into Cygwin on Windows 98.
> 
> Perhaps this is what is messing me up, but can anybody tell me a better 
> way to 
> do it?  I need the user steve so I can use ssh to a different machine.  

Your passwd file is screwed up. Didn't cygwin generate one for you?

If you login into Windows, use the Users control panel, create a user
Steve. Log into Windows. Start Cygwin. Cygwin will use the entry for Steve.

If you don't log into Windows, Cygwin looks for uid 500. So just put
Steve:*:500:544:steve:/home/steve:/bin/bash

Don't use uid 400, gid 401, they are reserved for non-existent entries.

> Again, 
> this all worked before I updated my VI package.

That's another story. No idea. Use emacs? :)
 
Pierre

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