I believe all you need to do is to make sure your /etc/passwd file links whatever account you want to use to the proper Cygwin UserID (ie. the one listed in the tar file, if you want the "-p" flag to work in a predictable fashion).
On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 3:21 PM Lester Ingber via Cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote: > I just read in > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/02/new-preview-build-adds-microsoft-account-requirement-to-windows-11-pro/ > that: > "But tucked away toward the bottom of the changelog is one unwelcome > addition: like the Home edition of Windows 11, the Pro version will now > require an Internet connection and a Microsoft account during setup. In > the current version of Windows 11, you could still create a local user > account during setup by not connecting your PC to the Internet—something > that also worked in the Home version of Windows 10 but was removed in 11. > That workaround will no longer be available in either edition going > forward, barring a change in Microsoft's plans. > ... > For those who want to use a local account, the best solution is to create > a burner Microsoft account for use during setup and then to either create a > new local user account or sign out of your Microsoft account once the OS is > up and running." > > Since I have always relied on my same USERID to tar up and restore most > of my Cygwin info, I question how to do that going forward? For > example, if I simply added a soft link under C:\Users\USERID_11 to my > current USERID, would that suffice?: > cd C:/Users/ > ln -s USERID_11 USERID > would that work OK? > > > -- > Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Russell M. Van Tassell <russel...@gmail.com> -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
