Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sources.redhat.com/ml/#faqs> Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Reply-To: Cygwin List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> Message-Id: <6.0.1.1.0.20040412213939.03aa88b8@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 21:40:25 -0400 To: Erik Weibust <eweibust AT yahoo DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com> Subject: Re: question about $USER and installs In-Reply-To: <20040413014137.31865.qmail@web11701.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040413014137 DOT 31865 DOT qmail AT web11701 DOT mail DOT yahoo DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 09:41 PM 4/12/2004, you wrote: >I am installing cygwin on a friends computer and his >windows username has a space in it. I know this is a >problem. What do you reccomend that I do. > >Do I need to add a new windows user or is there a way >I can change my user name in /etc/passwd? Sure. Edit /etc/passwd. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/