Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-17 Thread David Picton
* From: Robert Peaslee peasleer at gmail dot com * To: cygwin at cygwin dot com * Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:19:18 -0400 * References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thrall, Bryan wrote: Yes, WinXP stores your username twice (Full name and User Name) and Cygwin uses the hidden one

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 04:19:35PM -0400, Keith Mitchell wrote: Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e., usernames that have been

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Gustavo Seabra
Keith Mitchell wrote: Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e., usernames that have been CHANGED using the XP user manager to new

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Robert Peaslee
Keith Mitchell wrote: Problem: Virgin Installs of CygWin on Windows XP work fine but a total purge (deletion of all CygWin files and directories) and a fresh reinstall with different set of usernames do not work properly, i.e., usernames that have been CHANGED using the XP user manager to new

RE: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Thrall, Bryan
Robert Peaslee wrote on Friday, March 16, 2007 3:53 PM: 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

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Robert Peaslee
Thrall, Bryan wrote: Yes, WinXP stores your username twice (Full name and User Name) and Cygwin uses the hidden one (User Name), but I'm pretty sure you don't have to reinstall XP to change it! IIRC, you can change the username from Control Panel-User Accounts-Advanced tab-Advanced

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Thorsten Kampe
* 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

Re: Bug Report: Purging Old and Invalid User Names With Spaces

2007-03-16 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 10:49:36PM -, 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.