question about cygwin

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 07:00:33PM +0200, Allan N. Skov wrote:
> Hi, just a small question:
> 
> Is cygwin compatible with Windows 2000?
> 
> I have problems using ssh, it says: "you dont exist, go away", and the consol says: "I have no name!@CYBORG ~" and I cant find out how to change that, if i use login.exe, my win2000 username and passwords does not match, and I cant find out how to make a new user.

For some reaon your /etc/passwd isn't configured. You didn't install
via setup.exe or you updated your system from 9x, perhaps?

Anyway, use mkpasswd and mkgroup tools to generate /etc/passwd and
/etc/group files and care EXPLICITELY for the home dir and shell
entries.

Corinna

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