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Re: NT Domain Account


Then you have to set it prior to running any cygwin executable.
You can do this from Control Panel->System->Advanced tab.

Read here for more information on the CYGWIN env variable:
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html

Also check the FAQ:
http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_toc.html#TOC44


"Stevenson, Quinn" wrote:
> 
> I am running Win2k in a domain, and I have both domain accounts and local
> accounts (I'm running a laptop).  I do not have the CYGWIN variable set to
> anything.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pavel Tsekov [mailto:ptsekov@syntrex.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 8:45 AM
> To: Stevenson, Quinn
> Cc: 'cygwin@cygwin.com'
> Subject: Re: NT Domain Account
> 
> "Stevenson, Quinn" wrote:
> >
> > I just installed cygwin v1.3.5, and it seems to be working great.
> However,
> > when I open a shell, whoami returns Administrator instead of my domain
> login
> > id.  How do I get a domain account recognized by cygwin?
> 
> Are you running NT like os ie NT4/2000/XP ? Do you the environment
> variable CYGWIN set to "ntsec" ? Do you log into the domain or into
> the local machine domain ?

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