Re: changing the hostname on cygwin on XP...

[Bob Proulx]

System Overide <address@hidden> [2001-11-19 12:04:41 -0500]:

> i tried to change my hostname on cygwin on my XP machine and i got
> this error...
> 
> hostname: cannot set hostname; this system lacks the functionality
> 
> what does this mean, is there any way i can change the
> hostname... or even change the first part of my name... eg...

I can only assume that it means exactly what it says.  You say you are
running on XP and to the best of my poor and limited knowledge of XP
there is no such a thing as a hostname there.  When I say limited I
mean very because I have never ever run XP before.  I think I have
been in the same room as an XP machine once or possibly twice.  But
that is not the same thing.  :-)

> system address@hidden
> 
> how would i be able to change the system overide part?
> 
> also, is there any way to make a new account on cygwin?

That would be a good question for the folks who use and develop
Cygwin.

  http://www.cygwin.com

Bob