Yes, this has caused much trouble. I'm assuming I must create a new XP account to that of a single word username, and then change that in the cygwin passwd file. Would a reasonable procedure be something like the following:
1)Create a new XP user 2)Copy all details from /Documents and Settings/Older Username/ to /Documents and Settings/New_Username 3)Modify passwd in cygwin to match New_Username 4)Mv all files in /home/Older Username to /home/New_Username 5)Change ownership recursively of all files under /Document and Settings/New_Username to be owned by New_Username. (Do this via cygwin chown or by WinXP ACL?). Do the same under /home/New_Username 6)Verify all files are accessible under New_Username account 7)Delete the Older Username WinXP account. I'm frightened of what might become broken in the process. -Val > -----Original Message----- > From: Harald Kierer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 8:54 AM > To: 'Val Schmidt'; 'cygwin' > Subject: Re: upgrading broke cygwin? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Val Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 2:43 PM > > To: 'Elfyn McBratney'; 'cygwin' > > Subject: RE: Re: upgrading broke cygwin? > > > > > > I appreciate the help. > > > > It's not clear to me why either mkpasswd or mkgroup in my > > home directory > > would cause the effects I and others have been seeing with the latest > > version of cygwin. > > > > At any rate, here's the results of my ls -al on my home directory. No > > mkpasswd or mkgroup. > > > > -Val > > > > $ ls -al > > total 11492 > > drwxrwxr-x+ 15 Administ Administ 0 Feb 23 14:33 ./ > > drwxrwxr-x+ 3 Administ Administ 0 Jan 28 15:40 ../ > > -rw-rw---- 1 Administ Administ 4518 Feb 21 16:57 .bash_history > > -rw-r--r-- 1 Val Schm None 596 Feb 20 15:54 .bash_profile > > "Val Schm". Your username has a space. no good. Maybe give this a try: > http://sources.redhat.com/ml/cygwin/2003-02/msg01366.html > > bye, > harry -- 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/
