Hello everyone. Before I describe the problem, I wanted to ask to include my email address
in the CC field if possible since I am not on the list. I have some problems which might be related. I just installed the latest cygwin on my Win2K machine. When I open a shell, my prompt is "t-ow@naddaf2". On the other hand, "id" reports my username as "anaddaf" which is the username that I use when I login to my Win2K machine. I saw similar postings and the suggested solution was to update the /etc/passwd file but in my case, it won't do any good since my /etc/password is identical to the "mkpassword -l". What is puzzling me is that the user "anaddaf" which "id" reports doesn't even exist in the /etc/passwd, nor does "t-ow". When I open the shell, it takes me to the /home/Administrator directory. If I create a file, the "owner/group" of my file will be set to "anaddaf/mkgroup" and again "mkgroup" doesn't even exist in the /etc/group file. I also noticed that commands such as "chmod" or "chown" don't do anything. So for example "chmod a-r filename" doesn't change the "read" permission on the "filename" at all! This might be related to the above issue. I would appreciate any help. Thanks, Ali. -- 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/
