[haiku] Re: Network username?

  • From: Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>
  • To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:16:32 +0200

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

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