On 2010-08-29 at 21:40:22 [+0200], Emil Ahlbäck <e.ahlback@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 8:53 AM, <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Under BeOS (and Linux and...) when I make a network connection, the system > > takes the default account name from environment variable 'USER', but this > > doesn't seem to be so under Haiku. (I changed it from 'baron' to my usual > > 'pete', but the system always assumes it's 'user'.) > > > > Is there any way to set the default currently? > > AFAIK Haiku doesn't regard things like usernames as of now since it's > single-user only. > > If you're having trouble SSH'ing you can use the -l parameter or > alternatively username@xxxxxxxxxx Haiku does preserve a username, when building an image, one can supply one, so it's definitely possible and technically supported. I hope someone can chime in and explain how it is changed from within Haiku itself, my memory is failing me. Best regards, -Stephan