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Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:55:09 +1000
From: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan AT iinet DOT net DOT au>
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Subject: Windows logins with spaces
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Hi,

My windows login name has a space in it. I was able to remove the space 
in Cygwin just by editing /etc/passwd (effectively doing 's/login 
name/loginname/') and renaming '/home/login name/' to 
'/home/loginname/'. Cygwin then appeared to find the new home directory 
quite happily and set HOME and USER to the version of the name with no 
spaces. HOMEPATH still points to the correct Windows directory.

This seems much simpler and more flexible than the approach given in the 
current FAQ (which suggests hardcoding values for USER and HOME in 
/etc/profile). It should also work with other programs which access 
/etc/passwd (which *is* mentioned as a problem with the approach given 
in the FAQ).

Regards,
Nick.

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Nick Coghlan               |     Brisbane, Australia
Email: ncoghlan AT email DOT com  | Mobile: +61 409 573 268

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