Prompt question

Wed Mar 6 13:38:00 GMT 2002

Hmm... I thought that when cygwin was installed, it did "mkpasswd -l >> 
/etc/passwd", so there was at least something in /etc/passwd. Do you in 
fact have a file in c:\cygwin\bin named mkpasswd.exe?
It actually should just sit there for a long time when you do "mkpasswd 
-d >> /etc/passwd". It is adding all the users from the NT domain to the 
passwd file. You can do a "mkpasswd -d | grep bgoldstein >> 
/etc/passwd", that will take the same amount of time but only put your 
username in the passwd file (where bgoldstein is your username).
HTH,
Peter
Barry Goldstein wrote:
> Sorry, but I'm a unix-newbie:
>> My /etc/passwd file is in fact a 0-byte file.
>> But when I type what you suggest
> 	mkpasswd -d >> /etc/passwd
> it just sits there for a long time (and so I kill it with Ctrl-C.
>> And 'man mkpasswd' says it knows not what I ask.
>> ???
>> BG
>> =================
>> At 03:45 PM 3/6/2002 -0500, Peter Buckley wrote:
>>>I would guess it gets the "I have no name!" thing because you need to do 
>>a "mkpasswd -d >> /etc/passwd". I don't think your domain username is in 
>>the passwd file, so it doesn't know who you are.
>>>>HTH,
>>Peter
>>>>>>-- 
>>1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV)- Don't let anyone look down on you because you are 
>>young, but set an example for the believers
>>in speech, in life, in love, in faith, and in purity.
>>>>Barry Goldstein wrote:
>>>>>>>In the bash shell, my prompt seems to be the two lines below
>>>	I have no name!@INUK ~
>>>	$ 
>>>INUK is the machine name (NT4), and '~' is my home directory, but where
>>>does the thing get the 'I have no name' thing and how can I change it?
>>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>>BG
>>>>> ==
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>>
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