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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 10:32:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: andrew brian clegg <a DOT clegg AT mail DOT cryst DOT bbk DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: User names with spaces
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, andrew brian clegg wrote:

>
> Hi folks,
>
> My username on one of my machines has had a space in it since long before
> I started using cygwin on it. I've run into one or problems because of
> this now, so for the time being I've set up another account with a
> different name with no space.
>
> However I'd like to just change the name of the old account using XP Pro's
> facilities for doing so, so I can keep all of my old settings etc., and
> just rename my cygwin home dir to match. Has anyone tried this? I don't
> want to mess everything up and end up having to reinstall lots of stuff.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew.

Andrew,

Why not simply edit the /etc/passwd entry?
	Igor
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