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Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:17:15 +0100 (BST)
From: andrew brian clegg <a DOT clegg AT mail DOT cryst DOT bbk DOT ac DOT uk>
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> Andrew,
> 
> Why not simply edit the /etc/passwd entry?

Umm -- because I'm still slightly hazy and over-cautious about the
interaction between Windows accounts and cygwin accounts? :)

I take it then that if I (for example) just change the space to an 
underscore in my /etc/passwd entry and in "/home/Andrew Clegg/" it'll all 
work swimmingly when I log back in -- terrific.

Cheers for the hint,

Andrew.



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