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Re: Mapping UID to username
- To: TC Hazzard <chuck at tc dot hazbro dot com>
- Subject: Re: Mapping UID to username
- From: Jim Balter <jqb at netcom dot com>
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 1997 12:22:37 -0800
- CC: gnu-win32 list <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Organization: JQB Enterprises
- References: <33203D46.77FB@hazbro.com>
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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