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Re: mkpasswd doesn't recognize me


On 2017-08-22 23:27, Wiedmann, Jochen wrote:
> in order to set my home directory correctly in /etc/passwd, I run
>   mkpasswd | grep MYUSERID
>   mkpasswd -d | grep MYUSERID
>   mkpasswd -d -l | grep MYUSERID
>   mkpasswd -l | grep MYUSERID
> Neither of which returns any output.

Run id and mkpasswd and see what they output for your account.
Also run net user <account> and see what that outputs for your account:
Full Name is the Windows logon alias for your account.

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