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Re: mkpasswd doesn't recognize me
- From: Brian Inglis <Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 23:58:50 -0600
- Subject: Re: mkpasswd doesn't recognize me
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- References: <A97BA01965BD834CBCD85A70A4B7EA7FCA2CFD4D@daeexmbx1.eur.ad.sag>
- Reply-to: Brian dot Inglis at SystematicSw dot ab dot ca
On 2017-08-22 23:27, Wiedmann, Jochen wrote:
> in order to set my home directory correctly in /etc/passwd, I run
> mkpasswd | grep MYUSERID
> mkpasswd -d | grep MYUSERID
> mkpasswd -d -l | grep MYUSERID
> mkpasswd -l | grep MYUSERID
> Neither of which returns any output.
Run id and mkpasswd and see what they output for your account.
Also run net user <account> and see what that outputs for your account:
Full Name is the Windows logon alias for your account.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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