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Re: I have no name


On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Alan Westhagen wrote:

> I have just installed cygwin.  When I
> run the window, the $ prompt is always
> preceded by the line
>
>     I have no name!@<name of computer>
>
> What is causing this? and how do I
> get rid of it?
>
> I have defined USER in /etc/profile, but
> that doesn't seem to have any effect.
>
> -- Alan

Alan,

Do you have an /etc/passwd on your machine?  If not, run

	mkpasswd -l > /etc/passwd

Otherwise, is your user a local user or a domain one?  For a domain user,
you need to run

	mkpasswd -u username -d domain

where 'username' and 'domain' are your username and domain.
Hope this helps,
	Igor
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