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Re: [1.7] Problem - user fstab when username contains a space
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:45:08 +0100
- Subject: Re: [1.7] Problem - user fstab when username contains a space
- References: <49486F18.9060809@cornell.edu>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Dec 16 22:16, Ken Brown wrote:
> I just installed cygwin 1.7 on a computer in which one of the usernames has
> a space in it. The first time the user ran Cygwin.bat, she got an error
> message involving fstab. (She doesn't remember the precise error message.)
> I checked /etc/fstab.d and found that no fstab had been created for her.
> I created it manually, and the next time she ran Cygwin.bat there was no
> error message. I'm guessing that the space in her username was the
> problem.
The script creating the file doesn't quote the filename, so, yes, the
space is the problem. I'll upload a new version of the script.
Thanks for the report,
Corinna
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