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Re: Cygwin Bash shell start


"Gerrit P. Haase" wrote:

> <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...

It depends on the type of NT user, domain vs local.  Setup executes mkpasswd for the
local users and not the domain users due to the possibility of the sheer volume of
possible domain users.  (E.G. the company I work for has more than 10,000 users).

Cheers,
Earnie.


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