Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:47:09 +0200 (CEST)
From: Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri AT yahoo DOT it>
Subject: Re: Changing cygwin account name (cygwin only)
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--- Hussein Patwa ha scritto:
> Hello,
> 
 
> Anyway the one final issue that remains is that I
> want to change the user
> name that is the default user for my cygwin
> installation.  At the moment
> it's taking the name from my WinXP account name, so
> home/Hussein Patwa/.
> I'd like to change it to something that doesn't have
> a space, but don't want
> to rename my computer's account.
> 
> How can I change the user for cygwin without messing
> up all the internal
> file paths, etc?  Is there a function that will
> change the name, rename that
> folder, and also update all the various internals
> automatically?  
> 

modify /etc/passwd
this is the file where the Windows user are mapped to
the cygwin one

> Thanks for any help.  Bear in mind I'm no cygwin
> guru so please go gentle on
> me.
> 
so it is a good moment to read the user guide ;-)

http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#id317355


> Kind Regards and Best Wishes,
> 
> Hussein.
Regards
Marco


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