Re: question about $USER and installs

2004-04-17 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* Erik Weibust (2004-04-13 03:41 +0100) > I am installing cygwin on a friends computer and his > windows username has a space in it. I know this is a > problem. What do you reccomend that I do. Change his user name so it has no spaces. The space will make problems anyway. > Do I need to add a

Re: question about $USER and installs

2004-04-12 Thread Larry Hall
At 09:41 PM 4/12/2004, you wrote: >I am installing cygwin on a friends computer and his >windows username has a space in it. I know this is a >problem. What do you reccomend that I do. > >Do I need to add a new windows user or is there a way >I can change my user name in /etc/passwd? Sure. Edi

question about $USER and installs

2004-04-12 Thread Erik Weibust
I am installing cygwin on a friends computer and his windows username has a space in it. I know this is a problem. What do you reccomend that I do. Do I need to add a new windows user or is there a way I can change my user name in /etc/passwd? Thanks, Erik _