Andrey Repin wrote on 2014-01-23: >>> Actually I'm working on a method to get rid of /etc/passwd and >>> /etc/group. I have a partially working implementation now, which >>> generates passwd and group entries by fetching the infos from Windows >>> on the fly, compatible to the uids/gids and user/group names to >>> SFU/Interix. > >> That's a really cool change. How will I customize my Cygwin user name (for >> convenient 'ssh server' instead of 'ssh user@server') and shell without >> /etc/passwd, though? (I'd include home directory >> in that list, except I know I can just set $HOME) > > You can set $USER the same way, you know?
Ah, that's nice, I'll have to try it. :-) > But that's a wrong way to go. IMO. > You are supposed to be yourself, means, your login name. > Else you'd have alot of stuff mishandled. The user I use is myself, it is just that at my company, my login name on the servers isn't the same as my Windows login name. I haven't noticed anything mishandled, though. Do you have any specific problems in mind? -- Bryan Thrall Principal Software Engineer FlightSafety International * Visual Simulation Systems * 5695 Campus Parkway * Hazelwood, MO 63042 Tel: (314) 551-8413 * Fax: (314) 551-8444 bryan.thr...@flightsafety.com * www.flightsafety.com * A Berkshire Hathaway company -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
