X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:03:05 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces Message-ID: <20070316230304.GA11588@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: <45FAFBD7 DOT 4000802 AT gmail DOT com> <45FB0398 DOT 1090808 AT gmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 10:49:36PM -0000, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >* Robert Peaslee (Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:52:40 -0400) >> Actually, this information is incorrect. >> >> Windows XP stores the first username you choose and will associate your >> current username to it regardless of what you change it to. Cygwin >> stores nothing, it is asking Windows what your username is and getting a >> response of what Windows tells it. > >Cygwin asks Windows at first install about the user names and creates >/etc/passwd. The problem is (or can be) that this list never gets updated >even if the user names change or new user are added. > >As Keith wrote: >"Subsequent installations of CygWin utilize the aforementioned out of >date username list, even though those usernames have been changed and >are no longer valid." > >The secret is to run > >mkpasswd -l -c > /etc/passwd >and >mkgroup -l -c > /etc/group > >Also you have to run this if you're in a domain (because Cygwin retrieves >only the local user names, not the domain names). Given that the OP admitted to wiping out his whole Cygwin installation, I think it's a safe bet that he wiped out and regenerated his /etc/passwd. cgf -- 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/