Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20001230121214.02136d18@pop.ma.ultranet.com> X-Sender: lhall@pop.ma.ultranet.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.1 Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2000 12:13:06 -0500 To: cygwin@cygwin.com, "McCann, Brian" From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" Subject: Re: Cygwin Bash shell start Cc: "'cygwin@cygwin.com'" In-Reply-To: <3A4CBE6F.63963D62@yahoo.com> References: <2CC2CB3C95C3D311ABAC009027DCD77E16FE31@flyhalf.pactolus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 11:40 AM 12/29/2000, Earnie Boyd wrote: >"McCann, Brian" wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I just installed the latest version and when I start the Cygwin bash shell > > from the start\program files menu > > I get this message " I have no name.@Erin~ " . How do I correct this in my > > .profile? > >The PS1 variable is set in your /etc/profile file. The command `id -un' >can't figure out your name so you get "I have no name." as the USER. >This can be fixed by creating an appropriate entry for the uid given by >`id -u' in the /etc/passwd file. > >-- >Earnie Boyd >mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com This is starting to look like FAQ fodder to me. David, do you think you can add an entry for this? Larry Hall lhall@rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com 118 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple