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Date:	Thu, 23 Nov 2000 11:31:52 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
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To:	cygwin <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: passwd.exe trouble
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Sylvain Petreolle wrote:
> 
> Hi, I'm using Win2K
> 
> I want to change my password.
> My user name is petreolles.
> In /etc/passwd yet :
> 
> petreolles AT FR8040FHGZC449 ~
> $ cat /etc/passwd
> root::0:0::/bin/bash
> petreolles::500:500::/bin/bash
> petreolles AT FR8040FHGZC449 ~
> $ passwd
> passwd: unknown user petreolles

That can't work. You have simply changed the name of Administrator
in /etc/passwd to your own name. Call `mkpasswd' for getting a
correct /etc/passwd. If you want to use another name for an account,
use the CYGWIN setting `ntsec' and read the documentation about it.

Corinna

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