This worked for me:
mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd
Also, see:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#MKPASSWD
andy
Brad Barber wrote:
> At 03:49 PM Thursday 3/22/2001, DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> >Edit /etc/passwd
>
> Will that mean that I need to "login" to cygwin?
>
> Any suggestions for /etc/password and .cshrc? The desired behavior is
> that clicking on the tcsh icon gives me a tcsh shell running as "bbarber" (my Windows
> 2000 userid). Currently it runs the shell as "administrator".
>
> --Brad "learning sysadmin" Barber
>
> ------------
> Here are the current values. I wonder where it got "atg" and "Guest" from.
> I don't think I've registered anyone. I've never touched this file directly.
>
> KANE:/etc> cat passwd
> Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0::
> SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18::
> Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
>
>Administrator::500:513:,S-1-5-21-1606980848-1563985344-1708537768-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/sh
> atg::1000:513:atg,S-1-5-21-1606980848-1563985344-1708537768-1000:/home/atg:/bin/sh
> Guest::501:513:,S-1-5-21-1606980848-1563985344-1708537768-501:/home/Guest:/bin/sh
>
> >You may have to close and re-open your cygwin windows, too.
> >
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