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RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 1.7.33-0.4
- From: "Habermann, Dave (DA)" <DAHabermann at dow dot com>
- To: "cygwin at cygwin dot com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:11:06 +0000
- Subject: RE: [ANNOUNCEMENT] TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 1.7.33-0.4
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On Oct 29 19:06, Habermann, Dave (DA) wrote:
>> does NOT work, because my user ID is defaulting to U012345 (upper case
>> U). In this case, however, I can STILL log in if I enter my password.
>>
>This has been discussed a few months back, but there was no majority
>for "always lower-case the Cygwin user name".
Must have missed that discussion, but I don't have any problem with it as
you've developed it, just was hoping to flag it to help others as they
make the transition.