RE: Cygwin XFree86 startx Problem

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

Robert,

Sorry, but no.  Cygwin doesn't care about the Windows username, it looks
in /etc/passwd.  If you change the name of the Windows account, you'd have
to regenerate the appropriate entry in /etc/passwd anyway, so why not just
eliminate the middle step and change /etc/passwd directly?  Simply remove
the spaces from the username and the home directory in /etc/passwd (and
make sure you rename the directory itself), and it should be fine.
	Igor

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Robert McNulty Junior wrote:

> I think these names with spaces come from when they originally set up
> Windows NT, 2000, XP, Server 2000 with thier full name when asked create
> users in NT, 2000, XP or 2003 Server.
> Correct this by going into the Windows Users' account setup in Control
> Panel, and create a user without the spaces in the name.
> Chan, use chansengloong as your new user name. Must be done in administrater
> mode.
> Over all effect will be a new account under Cygwin though windows.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
> [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Andrew Markebo
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 10:35 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: Cygwin XFree86 startx Problem
>
>
> / Chan Seng Loong <johncsl82@yahoo.com> wrote:
> |[...]
> | $ startx
> | + userclientrc=/home/Chan Seng Loong/.xinitrc
> | + userserverrc=/home/Chan Seng Loong/.xserverrc
>
> just a wild thought, homedir with space in it, try without.. edit
> /etc/passwd.
>
>         /A
>
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>
>
>

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