* 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 As Keith wrote: "Subsequent installations of CygWin utilize the aforementioned out of date username list, even though those usernames have been changed and are no longer valid."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). Thorsten -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/