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Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 16:09:58 -0500
To: Peter Buckley <peter DOT buckley AT cportcorp DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Barry Goldstein <bag AT shore DOT net>
Subject: Re: Prompt question
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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

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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

==
Barry Goldstein              Pequod Software
124 Otis Street              bag AT shore DOT net
Newtonville, MA 02460-1846   +1-617-332-5758 (home)
U.S.A.                       +1-509-756-7445 (fax)

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