Re: Aliases no longer defined?

[Rolf Campbell <rcampbell at tropicnetworks dot com>]

pd at world dot std dot com wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 11:17:48AM -0500, Rolf Campbell wrote:
>
> > Peter Davis wrote:
> >
> > > Ok.  There ain't much worth cracking my system for anyway.  Here's the
> > > /etc/passwd file from one machine below.
> > >
> > > Thanks for any help with this!
> > >
> > > -pd
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > SYSTEM:*:18:544:,S-1-5-18::
> > > Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
> > > Administrator:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-WINBOX-XPRO\Administrator,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/bash
> > > Guest:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:501:513:U-WINBOX-XPRO\Guest,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-501:/home/Guest:/bin/bash
> > > HelpAssistant:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1004:513:Remote Desktop Help Assistant 
> > > Account,U-WINBOX-XPRO\HelpAssistant,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1004:/home/HelpAssistant:/bin/bash
> > > pdavis:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1006:513:Peter 
> > > Davis,U-WINBOX-XPRO\pdavis,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1006:/home/pdavis:/bin/bash
> > > Peter Davis:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1005:513:U-WINBOX-XPRO\Peter 
> > > Davis,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1005:/home/Peter 
> > > Davis:/bin/bash
> > > SUPPORT_388945a0:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1002:513:CN=Microsoft 
> > > Corporation,L=Redmond,S=Washington,C=US,U-WINBOX-XPRO\SUPPORT_388945a0,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1002:/home/SUPPORT_388945a0:/bin/bash
> > > SUPPORT_3f151ab9:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1003:513:CN=Dell Computer 
> > > Corporation,L=Round 
> > > Rock,S=Texas,C=US,U-WINBOX-XPRO\SUPPORT_3f151ab9,S-1-5-21-3996086570-211328594-3762194425-1003:/home/SUPPORT_3f151ab9:/bin/bash
> > > Pdavis:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:11059:10513:Pdavis,U-WORKDOM\Pdavis,S-1-5-21-138833350-1684557462-623647154-1059:/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Pdavis.WORKDOM:/bin/bash
> >
> > Well, you seem to have 3 accounts, one with a space in it, and one with 
> > different case.  Do you really have 3 different accounts?
>
>
> I only have one account on this machine.  I'm not sure how the others
> got created.  The one with the space may have been created by the Palm
> desktop software, since that's the name I use for sync'ing.
>
> I don't know about the other two.
>
> Is there something about this file that would prevent my
> bashrc/.bash_profile from defining aliases?
> -pd
No, *BUT*, you said you tried "source ~/.bashrc", and this would be 
loading "/cygdrive/c/home/.bashrc", *not* 
"/cygdrive/c/home/pdavis/.bashrc".  I would suggest re-creating your 
/etc/passwd file from scratch.  Back up your current one and re-run 
setup (no need to install anything new).



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