Add symbolic links to a network drive in cygwin
Imran HussainUse the following command to add a symbolic link to a network drive in cygwinln -s //MachineName/c\$/temp/java/projects/ projectsThis will create a link to the remote machine using the project as the folder name.Refer to http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-ne ...
Mounting a shared folder in Cygwin
Imran HussainHere the are steps to mount a shared folder in CygwinThe trick is to enclose the Windows path name in a single quote.net use J: '\\MachineName\c$' /USER:username passwordOnce this is done, you should be able to access the machine like:/cygdrive/j/SomeFile ...
Creating a new user in Cygwin
Imran HussainCygwin users are tied to the users in Windows. Therefore, use the following command to first create a new user in Windows.net user NewUserName NewUserPassword /add /yesReplace NewUserName and NewUserPassword with actual values.Then, associate this user wi ...
