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From: "Stephen Biggs" <yyyyy50 AT hotpop DOT com>
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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 23:42:43 +0200
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Subject: Re: latest version of vi messes up bash for me
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On 9 Jun 2003 at 21:16, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:

> 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

It didn't work with the '*', so I took it out...

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

Got it...

> 
> > Again, 
> > this all worked before I updated my VI package.
> 
> That's another story. No idea. Use emacs? :)

Heh...

Still no change with the blind terminal after VI.


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