X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <466F1CB2.7010508@cygwin.com> Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:22:42 -0400 From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.3) Gecko/20070505 Remi/2.0.0.0-3.fc4.remi Thunderbird/2.0.0.0 Mnenhy/0.7.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Problems adding new user account References: <0BB549C6E74E24409FB20B3B1D1B664401BB911F AT ATL1EX11 DOT corp DOT etradegrp DOT com> In-Reply-To: <0BB549C6E74E24409FB20B3B1D1B664401BB911F@ATL1EX11.corp.etradegrp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Bahrami, Haleh wrote: > Hi, > > After looking through your archives and trying out some recommendations, > I still cannot get Cygwin to recognize that I am a new user--still > cannot get it to create an account for me (even though I am logged into > my windows account when I am using it--it's all set up on the windows > side). I inherited my computer from a previous employee, and cywin came > installed, so it's set up to use all of his profiles and preferences. I > want my own account that I can customize and have permissions on. > > I have tried "mkpasswd" to add my user name to the passwd file, which it > did, but it didn't change the fact that when I login it still begins in > his cygwin/home/olduser directory. > > How do I create my own directory within cygwin/home? If I change the > permissions on cywin/home from read only and manually add my own user > folder, will it work or break something else? > > I am a newbie with cygwin, so please give full instructions. Edit '/etc/passwd' and change the home directory for your user to be the path you want. If that doesn't work, please read and follow the problem reporting guidelines found at the link below: -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 216 Dalton Rd. (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 _____________________________________________________________________ A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email? -- 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/