James Begley wrote: >> I've just posted about the same issue :) You are missing the entry >> for >> james in the /etc/passwd file. Update the passwd database with >> mkpasswd >> and you should be fine. > > Thanks for that - I have now got it to work, but it wasnt quite as > simple as it should have been! > > The 'administrator' account (that I use infrequently to > install/update software) is an account local to this PC. The 'james' > account (which I use all the time) is a network account, and doesnt > show up in the Microsoft "users and passwords" tool. > > So, after rummaging around in the registry to find out what the 'SID' > of the network account was, I manually added this to the /etc/passwd > file (using the helpful hints at > http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html)
How about: $ mkpasswd -d -u james >> /etc/passwd No registry fiddling involved. Max. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
