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RE: Windows login name, USER and HOME env variables..
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- Subject: RE: Windows login name, USER and HOME env variables..
- From: "Schaible, Jörg" <Joerg dot Schaible at gft dot com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 16:49:11 +0200
Hi Ronald!
> a. Where does Bash get the space from? (the registry key mentioned
> above, or elsewhere?)
> b. Idem for CVS - isn't that supposed to use the $HOME variable to
> find out where my files live (and where it should plant the .ssh
> dir)?
Easy: Any app that requests the *system* for your user name, will get the
real one.
> c. Other than logging in under another name, is there a workaround?
Also have a look at your /etc/passwd that was also generated using system
functionality. I am quite not sure whether you may override the system's
user name here or not, since I do not know how the ported Unix apps really
retrieve the user's name.
> d. Should this be considered a bug?
IMHO no.
Regards,
Jörg
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