strange install problems
Erik Weibust
eweibust@yahoo.com
Wed Apr 7 16:58:00 GMT 2004
> >2. Shouldn't cygwin use something like
> $My_Documents
> >as it's home? This is mostly on a local drive for
> all
> >windows installs.
>
>
> Cygwin uses for your home directory whatever Windows
> says
> is your home directory. Cygwin gets this from
> '/etc/passwd'.
> If you do a 'mkpasswd -d -u <your user name>',
> you'll see
> what Cygwin will use as your home directory, as set
> by the
> administrator of your domain. If you don't want
> that, use
> the '-p' option.
How exactly do I use the "-p" option?
mkpasswd -p <my user name>
>
>
> >3. Does cygwin not build a /home/$USERNAME
> dir/path
> >as part of it's install? I did a complete install
> and
> >expected it. Before I uninstalled my previous
> cygwin
> >install (which was installed a year ago) I did have
> a
> >/home/$USER dir and that is what I backed up.
>
>
> I think you're looking for this explanation:
>
>
<http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-01/msg00111.html>
>
> or see '/etc/profile'. '/etc/profile' makes your
> home
> directory if it doesn't exist.
>
> >4. If the answer to number 3 is No. Can I just
> >create a /home/$USER and copy my old /home/user
> there?
>
>
> Sure. Copy it where you like and need it. Make
> Cygwin
> see it where ever you want if the one it gets from
> Windows
> isn't to your liking.
Your comment "Make Cygwin see it where ever you want"
is vague. How do I do that?
Thanks,
Erik
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