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Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 10:49:36PM -0000, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>* Robert Peaslee (Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:52:40 -0400)
>> Actually, this information is incorrect.
>>
>> Windows XP stores the first username you choose and will associate your
>> current username to it regardless of what you change it to. Cygwin
>> stores nothing, it is asking Windows what your username is and getting a
>> response of what Windows tells it.
>
>Cygwin asks Windows at first install about the user names and creates
>/etc/passwd. The problem is (or can be) that this list never gets updated
>even if the user names change or new user are added.
>
>As Keith wrote:
>"Subsequent installations of CygWin utilize the aforementioned out of
>date username list, even though those usernames have been changed and
>are no longer valid."
>
>The secret is to run
>
>mkpasswd -l -c > /etc/passwd
>and
>mkgroup -l -c > /etc/group
>
>Also you have to run this if you're in a domain (because Cygwin retrieves
>only the local user names, not the domain names).
Given that the OP admitted to wiping out his whole Cygwin installation, I
think it's a safe bet that he wiped out and regenerated his /etc/passwd.
cgf
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