Re: User account problem

["Aaron Gray" <aaronngray dot lists at googlemail dot com>]

> On Apr 20 15:32, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need to use a different named user account on Cygwin, ie one without a
> > space.
> >
> > I am using Vista and Cygwin.
> >
> > I have an account created by default called 'Aaron Gray', what I need is
> > an account called 'ang'.
> >
> > How can I go about changing my default account to be 'ang', if this is
> > possible at all ?
>
> Just change your user name in /etc/passwd to "ang"(*).

Many thanks Corinna,

Aaron

> (*) http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-files
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