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From: Paul Mead <paul DOT d DOT mead AT gmail DOT com>
Subject:  Re: Username hassles
Date:  Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:20:41 +0100
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Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> writes:
> http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html
>
>
> Corinna
OK, so if I'm reading this right, I need to edit /etc/passwd to
translate my 'paul' cygwin login to my XP 'MEAD8998' username. Then
ownership of file owned by 'MEAD8998' will no longer be a problem.

Is that about right? 

Paul


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