Paul Mead wrote:
Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cyg...@cygwin.com> writes:
http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html
Corinna
OK, so if I'm reading this right, I need to edit /etc/passwd to
translate my 'paul' cygwin login to my XP 'MEAD8998' username. Then
ownership of file owned by 'MEAD8998' will no longer be a problem.
Is that about right?
Ownerships won't change. You're only telling Cygwin that the name
to display for your user is "MEAD8998" rather than "paul". The user
id (or SID in Windows) will not change (and you shouldn't change it
in '/etc/passwd'). This is all "details" but since you asked the
question, I figured the details where what you wanted. ;-)
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
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