Robert, Sorry, but no. Cygwin doesn't care about the Windows username, it looks in /etc/passwd. If you change the name of the Windows account, you'd have to regenerate the appropriate entry in /etc/passwd anyway, so why not just eliminate the middle step and change /etc/passwd directly? Simply remove the spaces from the username and the home directory in /etc/passwd (and make sure you rename the directory itself), and it should be fine. Igor
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Robert McNulty Junior wrote: > I think these names with spaces come from when they originally set up > Windows NT, 2000, XP, Server 2000 with thier full name when asked create > users in NT, 2000, XP or 2003 Server. > Correct this by going into the Windows Users' account setup in Control > Panel, and create a user without the spaces in the name. > Chan, use chansengloong as your new user name. Must be done in administrater > mode. > Over all effect will be a new account under Cygwin though windows. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Markebo > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cygwin XFree86 startx Problem > > > / Chan Seng Loong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > |[...] > | $ startx > | + userclientrc=/home/Chan Seng Loong/.xinitrc > | + userserverrc=/home/Chan Seng Loong/.xserverrc > > just a wild thought, homedir with space in it, try without.. edit > /etc/passwd. > > /A > > -- > Democracy is two hungry wolves and one sheep discussing what's for > dinner. Liberty is a well-armed sheep willing to contest the decision. > > > -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "I have since come to realize that being between your mentor and his route to the bathroom is a major career booster." -- Patrick Naughton