On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 10:49:36PM -0000, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >* Robert Peaslee (Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:52:40 -0400) >> Actually, this information is incorrect. >> >> Windows XP stores the first username you choose and will associate your >> current username to it regardless of what you change it to. Cygwin >> stores nothing, it is asking Windows what your username is and getting a >> response of what Windows tells it. > >Cygwin asks Windows at first install about the user names and creates >/etc/passwd. The problem is (or can be) that this list never gets updated >even if the user names change or new user are added. > >As Keith wrote: >"Subsequent installations of CygWin utilize the aforementioned out of >date username list, even though those usernames have been changed and >are no longer valid." > >The secret is to run > >mkpasswd -l -c > /etc/passwd >and >mkgroup -l -c > /etc/group > >Also you have to run this if you're in a domain (because Cygwin retrieves >only the local user names, not the domain names).
Given that the OP admitted to wiping out his whole Cygwin installation, I think it's a safe bet that he wiped out and regenerated his /etc/passwd. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
