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Re: User account problem
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:20:08 +0200
- Subject: Re: User account problem
- References: <342B963A1B6B4EF6954924DDFB84D0FD@HPLAPTOP>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Apr 20 15:32, Aaron Gray wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to use a different named user account on Cygwin, ie one without a
> space.
>
> I am using Vista and Cygwin.
>
> I have an account created by default called 'Aaron Gray', what I need is
> an account called 'ang'.
>
> How can I go about changing my default account to be 'ang', if this is
> possible at all ?
Just change your user name in /etc/passwd to "ang"(*).
Corinna
(*) http://cygwin.com/1.7/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-files
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