Cygwin 1.3.19 Windows 2000 Professional SP3 bash $home /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

["David Christensen" <dpchrist at holgerdanske dot com>]

cygwin@cygwin.com:

I have been using Cygwin on Win2k Pro SP3 for a while now, and really
like it.  Today, I downloaded and installed Dia Win32 Installer.  The
next time I started Bash, it was broken -- the prompt spans two (three?)
lines, Bash starts in the wrong directory, and $HOME environment is
wrong:

    dpchrist@w2k30g ~
    $ pwd
    /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%

    dpchrist@w2k30g ~
    $ echo $HOME
    /usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%


Initially, I thought this was a Dia problem.  Uninstalling Dia did not
fix it.  I tried reinstalling Bash with no luck.  I don't know how to
get at the Cygwin DLL, so I couldn't try that.  Moving aside the
C:\cygwin directory and reinstalling Cygwin didn't fix it.


Searching the archive for this mailing list, my query of
"/usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%" was converted into "usr and (bin or bins) and
userprofile and ", yielding 644 hits.  I was unable to figure out how to
search on an exact phrase.


An advanced Google search was more productive:

    http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00764.html

    http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00766.html


Browsing the archives for this mailing list and searching back through
the months for "/usr/bin/%USERPROFILE%" with my browser, I found the
following in November of 2002:

    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00809.html

    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00766.html

    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00764.html

    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00761.html

    http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2002-11/msg00759.html


Per the posting by Michael Caplan of Thu, 14 Nov 2002 14:23:52 -0500, I
am experiencing the same problem.  His Cygnus DLL was 1.3.15, mine is
1.3.19.  I haven't compared versions of the various packages.


Per the posting by Harig, Mark A. of Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002
15:17:21 -0500, I have attached the output of "cygcheck -s" as a file
(cygcheck.txt) rather than including it here.


Per the posting of Harig, Mark A. of Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002
15:30:12 -0500:

1.  Output of the "id" command is as follows:

        dpchrist@w2k30g ~
        $ id
        uid=1000(dpchrist) gid=513(None)
groups=513(None),544(Administrators),545(Users)

    Output of the "id -un" command is as follows:

        dpchrist@w2k30g ~
        $ id -un
        dpchrist

2.  I have made no changes whatsoever to the default Cygwin install of
today, including /etc/passwd.  Permissions and ownership of this file
are as follows:

        dpchrist@w2k30g ~
        $ ls -l /etc/passwd
        -rw-r--r--    1 dpchrist None          749 Jan 25 18:57
/etc/passwd

    Permission and ownership of /etc is as follows:

        dpchrist@w2k30g ~
        $ ls -ld /etc
        drwxr-xr-x    5 dpchrist None            0 Jan 25 18:53 /etc

3.  I am launching Bash using the desktop shortcut created by Cygwin
setup.  This shortcut points to C:\cygwin\cygwin.bat.  Permissions and
ownership are as follows:

        dpchrist@w2k30g ~
        $ ls -l /cygwin.bat
        -rwxr-xr-x    1 dpchrist None           57 Jan 25 18:57
/cygwin.bat

    I have made no changes whatsoever to this file, which contains:

        @echo off

        C:
        chdir C:\cygwin\bin

        bash --login -i

    I have made no changes whatsoever to /etc/profile, also attached.
Permissions and ownerships are as follows:

        dpchrist@w2k30g ~
        $ ls -l /etc/profile
        -rw-r--r--    1 dpchrist None          386 Jan 25 18:57
/etc/profile

    Bash is not finding my home directory (/home/dpchrist), so I am
omitting ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, and ~/.profile.


Per the posting by Michael Caplan of Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:08:25 -0500, I
am leery of hacking /etc/profile and have not done so.  The default file
installed by Cygwin setup is attached for those so inclined.


Per the posting of Harig, Mark A. of Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002
11:50:39 -0500:

1.  Permissions and ownership of /etc/password are as follows:

        dpchrist@w2k30g ~
        $ ls -l /etc/passwd
        -rw-r--r--    1 dpchrist None          749 Jan 25 18:57
/etc/passwd

    The relevant line is as follows:

        dpchrist:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:1000:513:David
Christensen,U-W2K30G\dpchrist,S-1-5-21-1229272821-1202660629-1060284298-
1000:/home/dpchrist:/bin/bash

    The last two entries look correct.

2.  Permissions and ownership of /etc are given above.  Permissions are
already 0755.


Can someone please tell me how to fix the problem?


TIA,

David Christensen
dpchrist@holgerdanske.com

Attachment: cygcheck.txt
Description: Text document

Attachment: profile.dat
Description: Binary data

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