strange install problems
Larry Hall
cygwin-lh@cygwin.com
Wed Apr 7 19:12:00 GMT 2004
At 12:58 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote:
>> >2. Shouldn't cygwin use something like
>> $My_Documents
>> >as it's home? This is mostly on a local drive for
>> all
>> >windows installs.
>>
>>
>> Cygwin uses for your home directory whatever Windows
>> says
>> is your home directory. Cygwin gets this from
>> '/etc/passwd'.
>> If you do a 'mkpasswd -d -u <your user name>',
>> you'll see
>> what Cygwin will use as your home directory, as set
>> by the
>> administrator of your domain. If you don't want
>> that, use
>> the '-p' option.
>
>How exactly do I use the "-p" option?
>
>mkpasswd -p <my user name>
mkpasswd -l -d -u <your user name> -p <path to the parent directory of your
user directory>
i.e. mkpasswd -l -d -u erik -p /home
>>
>>
>> >3. Does cygwin not build a /home/$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?
Just make sure that the home directory in /etc/passwd is
pointing to where you want it. See above.
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