UID to Username

Samuel Tardieu sam@inf.enst.fr
Sat Mar 8 10:16:00 GMT 1997


>>>>> "TC" == TC Hazzard <chuck@tc.hazbro.com> writes:

TC> I am using the gnu-win32 bash. Whoami is not able to map the UID
TC> to the username. And I have not found a setting in NT 4.0 to allow
TC> this. Anyone have an answer? Thanks.

Create a file called /etc/passwd (Unix style) and add an entry for the
uid you want (500 if I remember correctly).

  Sam
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