--- Hussein Patwa ha scritto: > Hello, > > Anyway the one final issue that remains is that I > want to change the user > name that is the default user for my cygwin > installation. At the moment > it's taking the name from my WinXP account name, so > home/Hussein Patwa/. > I'd like to change it to something that doesn't have > a space, but don't want > to rename my computer's account. > > How can I change the user for cygwin without messing > up all the internal > file paths, etc? Is there a function that will > change the name, rename that > folder, and also update all the various internals > automatically? >
modify /etc/passwd this is the file where the Windows user are mapped to the cygwin one > Thanks for any help. Bear in mind I'm no cygwin > guru so please go gentle on > me. > so it is a good moment to read the user guide ;-) http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#id317355 > Kind Regards and Best Wishes, > > Hussein. Regards Marco ___________________________________ Scopri il Blog di Yahoo! Mail: trucchi, novità , consigli... e la tua opinione! http://www.ymailblogit.com/blog/ -- 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/
