Re: Prompt question

in a >domain environment). > >You can also try Corinna's suggestion about "mkpasswd -u "Barry >Goldstein" >> /etc/passwd", or maybe "mkpasswd -u Barry\ Goldstein >> >/etc/passwd". Note that the space needs to be quoted. > >About

Re: Screen color question

or a >DOS prompt (since the shell is just starting in a DOS prompt box). Change >the colors in the properties menu. If you want to set colors instead >within the shell instead, check out the bash documentation (man page, etc) >for that information. == Barry Goldstein Pe

Re: Prompt question

strators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544:: mkpasswd: error 2453 My machine is not on a LAN (just a cable modem to my ISP). I log on to NT as "Barry Goldstein", with full administrator privileges. Maybe the space in the name is causing the error? My cygwin home directory is /usr/bag,

Re: Prompt question

you are. > >HTH, >Peter > > >-- >1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)- Don't let anyone look down on you because you are >young, but set an example for the believers >in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity. > >Barry Goldstein wrote: > >> In the bash

Prompt question

In the bash shell, my prompt seems to be the two lines below I have no name!@INUK ~ $ INUK is the machine name (NT4), and '~' is my home directory, but where does the thing get the 'I have no name' thing and how can I change it? Thanks. BG

Screen color question

m or emacs, but nothing about setting the colors in the vanilla shell. Thanks. BG == Barry Goldstein Pequod Software 124 Otis Street [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newtonville, MA 02460-1846 +1-617-332-5758 (home) U.S.A. +1-509-756-7445 (fax) -- Unsubscribe