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Re: Query
On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 04:05:39PM +0530, Nipun_Java wrote:
> Hi Corinna,
> Hope you can resolve my query.....I have just installed cygwin on WindowsNT and am a novice of sorts ......though i know a bit about unix environment.......and stuff.
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> Now I want to logon to cygwin with a different user name.....( other than administrator)......how do i go about it?
>
> Below is the problem in detail:
>
> I am logged onto my machine on itlinfosys domain........with user name nipun_java........okay......so what i want to do is just logon with userid nipun
>
> So what i did is add myself as a user without domain ......keeping name as nipun.....and giving a password....using windows user manager.
>
> This even got reflected when I did mkpasswd......this is the output
>
> Everyone:*:0:0:,S-1-1-0::
> SYSTEM:*:18:18:,S-1-5-18::
> Administrators:*:544:544:,S-1-5-32-544::
> Administrator::500:513:,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-500:/home/Administrator:/bin/sh
> Guest::501:513:,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-501:/home/Guest:/bin/sh
> nipun::1002:513:Nipun Java,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-1002:/home/nipun:/bin/sh
> VUSR_MYSSD118876::1000:513:VSA Server Account,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-1000:/home/VUSR_MYSSD118876:/bin/sh
> VUSR_MYSSD1188761::1001:513:VSA Server Account,S-1-5-21-1050150694-939153763-1551924553-1001:/home/VUSR_MYSSD1188761:/bin/sh
>
> as u can see nipun is there............
>
> now problem is .......when i use login command........then its not accepting nipun and the password as a valid entry.
>
> also when I type passwd command.......it gives the output
>
> passwd : unknown user Nipun_Java( which is my login to Itlinfosys domain)................what is the reason for this....
>
> Do I have to do a "mkpasswd -d | grep nipun_java >> /etc/passwd" first ?
>
> Any input would be appreciated?
>
>
> Nipun Java
> Infosys Technologies Ltd.
> SDB-1 Mysore
> ESCP - Embedded Systems - Avionics
> Phone: +91-821-404101 Ext. 4386
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