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Re: Changing the home directory ($HOME)


Markus Hoenicka wrote:
> Phil Couling <couling@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> 
>> I have cygwin pre installed on a pc I'm using.  I'd like to change the
>> home directory ($HOME) but I'm having some trouble finding where it's
>> been set.  Currently it points to a drive letter q: . I'd much prefer
>> to point it at /home/username.
> 
> /etc/profile says:
> 
> # Here is how HOME is set, in order of priority, when starting from Windows
> #  1) From existing HOME in the Windows environment, translated to a
> Posix path
> #  2) from /etc/passwd, if there is an entry with a non empty directory
> field
> #  3) from HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH
> #  4) / (root)
> 
> I've used #1.

You should also investigate the mkpasswd and mkgroup commands.  Those
can be used to populate your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files.

-Jeremy

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