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Re: Cygwin Bash shell start
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: Cygwin Bash shell start
- From: "Gerrit P. Haase" <gerrit dot haase at t-online dot de>
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 18:54:44 +0100
- Organization: Esse keine toten Tiere
- References: <3A4CBE6F.63963D62@yahoo.com>
- Reply-to: gerrit dot haase at t-online dot de
<30 Dec 2000, 12:13 Uhr wars, als Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc folgendes schrub:>
< Re: Cygwin Bash shell start >
> At 11:40 AM 12/29/2000, Earnie Boyd wrote:
> >"McCann, Brian" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > I just installed the latest version and when I start the Cygwin bash shell
> > > from the start\program files menu
> > > I get this message " I have no name.@Erin~ " . How do I correct this in my
> > > .profile?
> >
> >The PS1 variable is set in your /etc/profile file. The command `id -un'
> >can't figure out your name so you get "I have no name." as the USER.
> >This can be fixed by creating an appropriate entry for the uid given by
> >`id -u' in the /etc/passwd file.
[...]
>
> This is starting to look like FAQ fodder to me. David, do you think you
> can add an entry for this?
I wonder, why all these people got these problems now.
As i installed cygwin the last time, a few weeks ago, i started by clicking
on cygwin.bat then i had a name...
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