From: jqb@netcom.com (Jim Balter)
Subject: Re: Mapping UID to username
7 Mar 1997 16:05:28 -0800
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TC Hazzard wrote:
> 
>  Hi: I am using the gnu-win32 bash with NT 4.0. Whoami is not able to
> map the UID to username. Any hints on what needs to be done to make
> this work?

cygwin has almost no NT smarts.
In particular, it thinks everyone has a uid of 500 and a gid of 100.
Hints?  Pay Cygnus Solutions money to get this functionality,
buy another product, write your own version ...

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