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Re: Changing cygwin account name (cygwin only)
- From: Marco Atzeri <marco_atzeri at yahoo dot it>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:47:09 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: Changing cygwin account name (cygwin only)
--- Hussein Patwa ha scritto:
> Hello,
>
> Anyway the one final issue that remains is that I
> want to change the user
> name that is the default user for my cygwin
> installation. At the moment
> it's taking the name from my WinXP account name, so
> home/Hussein Patwa/.
> I'd like to change it to something that doesn't have
> a space, but don't want
> to rename my computer's account.
>
> How can I change the user for cygwin without messing
> up all the internal
> file paths, etc? Is there a function that will
> change the name, rename that
> folder, and also update all the various internals
> automatically?
>
modify /etc/passwd
this is the file where the Windows user are mapped to
the cygwin one
> Thanks for any help. Bear in mind I'm no cygwin
> guru so please go gentle on
> me.
>
so it is a good moment to read the user guide ;-)
http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#id317355
> Kind Regards and Best Wishes,
>
> Hussein.
Regards
Marco
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