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Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 20:33:54 +0100
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Testers needed: New passwd/group handling in Cygwin
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On Feb 13 13:40, Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
> On 2/13/2014 1:33 PM, Lord Laraby wrote:
> >Subject: Re: get rid of getpwent? (Was: cygwin-1.7.28 getpwent header
> >declaration changes ?)
> >
> >This would be a nice mechanism for typical windows home systems except f=
or
> >the format of the cygwin tag that goes in the comment field. Home users
> >that utilize 'net user USERNAME "/comment:yadda yadda"' command cannot u=
se
> >equal signs on the command line, and the entire string has to be quoted =
to
> >prevent angle brackets from messing with redirection. Equal signs are
> >stripped by CMD.exe and the nexted quotes are stripped as well.
> >
> >Example: I entered the following at elevated cmd prompt,
> >
> >C:\WINDOWS\system32>net user TestUser "/comment:<cygwin check=3D"maybe"
> >then=3D"okay>"
> >The command completed successfullly.
> >
> >C:\WINDOWS\system32>net user TestUser
> >User name                   TestUser
> >Full name                   Test User
> >Comment                     <cygwin check=3Dmaybe then=3Dokay>
> >...
> >The command completed successfullly.
> >
>=20
> Corinna's email with a description of this entire mechanism recommends th=
is
> syntax:
>=20
> >   CMD example:
> >
> >     net use corinna /comment:"<cygwin home=3D\"/home/foo\"/>"
>=20
> Does that work for you?

Sigh.  I read my mail at least 6 or 7 times, but never once it occured
to me that I mistyped the commands.

It's `net user', of course, not `net use'.  Oh holy na=C3=AFvet=C3=A9.

So again, either use

  net user corinna /comment:"<cygwin home=3D\"/home/foo\"/>"

from CMD (double quotes, escaping double quotes in the string) or

  net user corinna /comment:'<cygwin home=3D"/home/foo"/>'

from bash or tcsh (single quotes around the string, no escaping
of double quotes inside the string).

You are aware that you can start a Cygwin shell elevated as well, right?


Corinna

--=20
Corinna Vinschen                  Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to
Cygwin Maintainer                 cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Red Hat

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