On 09 January 2007 22:15, David Smiley wrote: > I forgot to add, I log into a windows domain and so I can't set the case. > Perhaps this issue only relates to windows domain logins. Maybe they are > case insensitive because when I log into the domain, I ALWAYS specify it in > lower case. I don't think I've ever seen it presented to me (in Windows) as > upper case. Yet in CYGWIN, $USER=DSMILEY. If domain logins are case > *in*sensitive (appears likely), then it would seem to me that it should be > normalized to lower-case for use in CYGWIN.
That's a non-sequitur. It should not be /normalised/; it should be *canonicalised*. And the canonical definition is whatever your domain server reports to cygwin that your user name is. Case-preserving but case-insensitive, remember? Since it's insensitive, just hand-edit your /etc/passwd to look the way you like and you're done. BTW, I log-on to a domain, and my $USER name has always been lower-case. It's just the way your admin has created your account. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- 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/