Unknown user problem

Travis Howell kirben@optushome.com.au
Sun Apr 22 06:13:00 GMT 2001


The Cygwin setup makes the default user unknown on my system (Windows ME).
Is there any way to prevent this and make it use a more meaningful username
by default ?
cygcheck -v -r -s output:
Cygnus Win95/NT Configuration Diagnostics
Current System Time: Sun Apr 22 23:09:14 2001

Win9X Ver 4.90 build 73010104

Path: /usr/local/bin
 /usr/bin
 /bin
 /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS
 /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/COMMAND

SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
WinDir: C:\WINDOWS

PWD = `/home/unknown'
USER = `unknown'
MAKE_MODE = `unix'
HOME = `/home/unknown'

PROMPT = `$p$g'
COMSPEC = `C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM'
!C: = `C:\cygwin\bin'
CMDLINE = `bash --login -i'
HOSTNAME = `CO3007967-A'
CLASSPATH = `C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTJava.zip'
WINDIR = `C:\WINDOWS'
WINBOOTDIR = `C:\WINDOWS'
PS1 = `\[\033]0;\w\007
\033[32m\]\u@\h \[\033[33m\w\033[0m\]
$ '
BLASTER = `A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6'
QTJAVA = `C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\QTJava.zip'
MACHTYPE = `i686-pc-cygwin'
OLDPWD = `/usr/bin'
TEMP = `/cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/TEMP'
SHLVL = `1'
SHELL = `/bin/sh'
HOSTTYPE = `i686'
OSTYPE = `cygwin'
TERM = `cygwin'
_ = `/usr/bin/cygcheck'
TZ = `AUSEST-10AUSEDT-11,M10.5.0/2,M3.5.0/2'

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\MenuOrd
er\Start Menu\Programs\Cygnus Solutions
  (default) = (unsupported type)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
  (default) = `/cygdrive'
  cygdrive flags = 0x00000022
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/
  (default) = `C:/cygwin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin
  (default) = `C:/cygwin/bin'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib
  (default) = `C:/cygwin/lib'
  flags = 0x0000000a
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options

a:  fd           N/A    N/A
c:  hd  FAT32  28609Mb  11% CP    UN           MAINFRAME
d:  cd           N/A    N/A
e:  cd  CDUDFRW   529Mb  99% CP    UN           Files

C:\cygwin\bin  /usr/bin  system  binmode
C:\cygwin\lib  /usr/lib  system  binmode
C:\cygwin  /        system  binmode
c:    /cygdrive/c  user    binmode,noumount
e:    /cygdrive/e  user    binmode,noumount

Found: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cat.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\cpp.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe
Found: c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\find.exe
Warning: C:\cygwin\bin\find.exe hides c:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\find.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\gdb.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ld.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\ls.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\make.exe
Found: C:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe

   56k 2000/12/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygbz21.0.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygbz21.0.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/21 10:53
  390k 2000/11/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtcl80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygtcl80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/26 12:39
    5k 2000/11/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtclpip80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
   10k 2000/11/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtclreg80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygtclreg80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/26 12:39
   81k 2000/11/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cygitcl30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygitcl30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/26 12:43
   35k 2000/11/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cygitk30.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygitk30.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/26 12:43
  623k 2000/11/26 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtk80.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygtk80.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/26 12:43
   18k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cyggdbm.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cyggdbm.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 12:26
   14k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygintl.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygintl.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/24 5:02
   45k 2000/10/22 C:\cygwin\bin\cygjbig1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygjbig1.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 9:06
  119k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygjpeg6b.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygjpeg6b.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 10:58
  163k 2001/02/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpng2.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygpng2.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/2/4 8:21
   82k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygform5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygform5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/22 7:39
   53k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygmenu5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygmenu5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/22 7:39
  414k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses++5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygncurses++5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/22 7:40
  299k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygncurses5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygncurses5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/22 7:38
   34k 2001/01/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygpanel5.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygpanel5.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/22 7:38
   17k 2001/01/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cyghistory4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cyghistory4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/7 15:34
  108k 2001/01/07 C:\cygwin\bin\cygreadline4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygreadline4.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/1/7 15:34
  243k 2000/10/23 C:\cygwin\bin\cygtiff3.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygtiff3.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/10/23 11:14
   41k 2000/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-noX4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygXpm-noX4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/20 13:41
   45k 2000/11/20 C:\cygwin\bin\cygXpm-X4.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygXpm-X4.dll" v0.0 ts=2000/11/20 13:45
   49k 2001/02/03 C:\cygwin\bin\cygz.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygz.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/2/4 7:35
  630k 2001/04/21 C:\cygwin\bin\cygwin1.dll - os=4.0 img=1.0 sys=4.0
                  "cygwin1.dll" v0.0 ts=2001/4/22 9:40
    Cygwin DLL version info:
        dll major: 1003
        dll minor: 0
        dll epoch: 19
        dll bad signal mask: 19005
        dll old termios: 5
        dll malloc env: 28
        api major: 0
        api minor: 37
        shared data: 3
        dll identifier: cygwin1
        mount registry: 2
        cygnus registry name: Cygnus Solutions
        cygwin registry name: Cygwin
        program options name: Program Options
        cygwin mount registry name: mounts v2
        cygdrive flags: cygdrive flags
        cygdrive prefix: cygdrive prefix
        cygdrive default prefix:
        build date: Sat Apr 21 19:40:32 EDT 2001
        shared id: cygwin1S3

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