regular user, bash cannot find /tmp

Claude Marinier claude.marinier@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Fri Feb 17 19:52:00 GMT 2006


Apologies for the incomplete posting. Here are two output files: The 
first is output from 'cygcheck -s -v -r', the second is the error message 
from cygcheck.

History: I want to run 'octave' and tried a package containing a partial 
cygwin environment and octave 2.1.42. Discovered that it is too old and 
removed it. Installed cygwin (downloaded this week). Could there be traces 
of the previous octave/cygwin package left on the system?

Thanks.

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Claude Marinier wrote:
> I installed cygwin on MS Windows XP from files I downloaded earlier this 
> week (13 or 14 Feb 2006). Picked the default option to make cygwin 
> available for all users. I installed from an account with Administrator 
> privileges.
>
> Usually, the first time I start cygwin, it recommends running mkpasswd 
> and mkgroup. This time it did not, so I performed those two steps by 
> hand (with the local option since the PC is not part of a domain).
>
> Everything works fine from the Administrator account. From a regular 
> account (in Power User group), bash startup fails with the following 
> error message.
>
> 	bash.exe: warning: could not find /tmp, please create!
>
> Made sure /tmp exists and is accessible. Made sure the user's home 
> directory exists and is accessible.
>
> It looks like the port-installation failed or initialisation failed.

-- 
Claude Marinier, Information Technology
Defence Research & Development Canada (Ottawa)
claude.marinier@drdc-rddc.gc.ca
http://www.ottawa.drdc-rddc.gc.ca
Telephone: (613) 998-4901
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Cygwin Configuration Diagnostics

Current System Time: Fri Feb 17 04:03:26 2006



Windows XP Professional Ver 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2



Path:	F:\Tcl\bin

	F:\watcom\BINNT

	F:\watcom\BINW

	C:\WINDOWS\system32

	C:\WINDOWS

	C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM

	C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System

	C:\Util

	C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel

	C:\Util



Output from F:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (nontsec)

UID: 400(Claude)   GID: 401(mkpasswd)

401(mkpasswd)



Output from F:\cygwin\bin\id.exe (ntsec)

UID: 400(Claude)   GID: 401(mkpasswd)

401(mkpasswd)



SysDir: C:\WINDOWS\system32

WinDir: C:\WINDOWS



Path = 'F:\Tcl\bin;F:\watcom\BINNT;F:\watcom\BINW;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WBEM;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adaptec Shared\System;C:\Util;C:\Program Files\ATI Technologies\ATI Control Panel;C:\Util'



ALLUSERSPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users'

APPDATA = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Claude\Application Data'

CommonProgramFiles = 'C:\Program Files\Common Files'

COMPUTERNAME = 'WOLF'

ComSpec = 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe'

EDITOR = 'C:\Util\MetaPad\metapad'

FP_NO_HOST_CHECK = 'NO'

HOMEDRIVE = 'C:'

HOMEPATH = '\Documents and Settings\Claude'

LOGONSERVER = '\\WOLF'

NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS = '1'

OS = 'Windows_NT'

PATHEXT = '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.tcl;.CH'

PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE = 'x86'

PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER = 'x86 Family 6 Model 8 Stepping 1, AuthenticAMD'

PROCESSOR_LEVEL = '6'

PROCESSOR_REVISION = '0801'

ProgramFiles = 'C:\Program Files'

PROMPT = '$P$G'

SESSIONNAME = 'Console'

SystemDrive = 'C:'

SystemRoot = 'C:\WINDOWS'

TEMP = 'C:\DOCUME~1\Claude\LOCALS~1\Temp'

TMP = 'C:\DOCUME~1\Claude\LOCALS~1\Temp'

TZ = 'EST'

USERDOMAIN = 'WOLF'

USERNAME = 'Claude'

USERPROFILE = 'C:\Documents and Settings\Claude'

WATCOM = 'F:\watcom'

windir = 'C:\WINDOWS'

XDSDIR = 'C:\XDS'

POSIXLY_CORRECT = '1'



HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2

  (default) = '/cygdrive'

  cygdrive flags = 0x00000022

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/

  (default) = 'C:\util\cygwin'

  flags = 0x00000002

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin

  (default) = 'C:\util\cygwin/bin'

  flags = 0x00000002

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib

  (default) = 'C:\util\cygwin/lib'

  flags = 0x00000002

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\00

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\01

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\02

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\03

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\04

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\05

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\06

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\07

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\08

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\09

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0A

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0B

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0C

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0D

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0E

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0F

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\10

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\11

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\12

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\13

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\14

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\15

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\16

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\17

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\18

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\19

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1A

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1B

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1C

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1D

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2

  (default) = '/cygdrive'

  cygdrive flags = 0x00000022

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/

  (default) = 'F:\cygwin'

  flags = 0x0000000a

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/bin

  (default) = 'F:\cygwin/bin'

  flags = 0x0000000a

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\mounts v2\/usr/lib

  (default) = 'F:\cygwin/lib'

  flags = 0x0000000a

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\Cygwin\Program Options

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\00

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\01

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\02

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\03

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\04

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\05

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\06

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\07

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\08

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\09

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0A

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0B

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0C

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0D

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0E

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\0F

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\10

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\11

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\12

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\13

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\14

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\15

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\16

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\17

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\18

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\19

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1A

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1B

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1C

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Cygnus Solutions\CYGWIN.DLL setup\b15.0\mounts\1D



a:  fd             N/A    N/A                    

c:  hd  NTFS      6173Mb  97% CP CS UN PA FC     WinXP

d:  cd             N/A    N/A                    

e:  cd             N/A    N/A                    

f:  hd  NTFS     71892Mb   7% CP CS UN PA FC     Extra

g:  fd             N/A    N/A                    

h:  fd             N/A    N/A                    

i:  hd  FAT32     1315Mb  12% CP    UN           SHARE



C:\util\cygwin      /          user    binmode

C:\util\cygwin/bin  /usr/bin   user    binmode

C:\util\cygwin/lib  /usr/lib   user    binmode

.                   /cygdrive  user    binmode,cygdrive

F:\cygwin           /          system  binmode

F:\cygwin/bin       /usr/bin   system  binmode

F:\cygwin/lib       /usr/lib   system  binmode

.                   /cygdrive  system  binmode,cygdrive



Not Found: awk

Not Found: bash

Not Found: cat

Not Found: cp

Not Found: cpp (good!)

Not Found: crontab

Not Found: find

Not Found: gcc

Not Found: gdb

Found: C:\Util\grep.exe

Not Found: kill

Not Found: ld

Not Found: ls

Not Found: make

Not Found: mv

Not Found: patch

Not Found: perl

Not Found: rm

Found: C:\Util\sed.exe

Not Found: ssh

Not Found: sh

Found: C:\Util\tar.exe

Not Found: test

Found: F:\watcom\BINNT\vi.exe

Not Found: vim



Warning: cygwin1.dll not found on your path



No Cygwin services found.





Cygwin Package Information

Last downloaded files to: E:\

Last downloaded files from: E:\



Package              Version

_update-info-dir     00355-1

a2ps                 4.13-1

agetty               2.1-1

alternatives         1.3.20a-2

ash                  20040127-3

astyle               1.15.3-3

base-files           3.7-1

base-passwd          2.2-1

bash                 3.0-14

bc                   1.06-2

binutils             20050610-1

bzip2                1.0.3-1

ccrypt               1.7-1

chere                0.6-3

chkconfig            1.2.24h-1

clear                1.0-2

coreutils            5.93-3

crypt                1.1-1

curl                 7.15.1-1

cygrunsrv            1.12-1

cygutils             1.2.10-1

cygwin               1.5.19-4

cygwin-doc           1.4-3

cygwin-x-doc         1.0.4-1

d                    1.2.0-1

diffstat             1.40-1

diffutils            2.8.7-1

ed                   0.2-1

editrights           1.01-1

ELFIO                1.0.2-1

enscript             1.6.4-1

epstool              3.08-1

exif                 0.6.9-2

expat                1.95.8-1

expect               20030128-1

fftw3                3.0.1-2

fftw3-dev            3.0.1-2

figlet               2.2-1

file                 4.16-1

findutils            4.2.27-1

fontconfig           2.2.2-1

freeglut             2.2.0-1

freetype2            2.1.9-1

fvwm                 2.4.7-3

gawk                 3.1.5-2

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gcc-g++              3.4.4-1

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gcc-mingw-g77        20050522-1

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gettext              0.14.5-1

ghostscript          8.15-2

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ghostscript-x11      8.15-2

glib                 1.2.10-3

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gnuplot              4.0.0-1

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groff                1.18.1-2

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hexedit              1.2.10-1

ImageMagick          6.0.4-1

indent               2.2.9-1

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ioperm               0.4-1

jasper               1.701.0-1

jbigkit              1.5-3

jgraph               8.3-1

jpeg                 6b-11

lapack               3.0-4

lcms                 1.14-1

less                 381-1

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lftp                 2.6.10-2

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libcharset1          1.9.2-2

libcurl3             7.15.1-1

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libGraphicsMagick0   1.0.6-1

libiconv             1.9.2-2

libiconv2            1.9.2-2

libintl              0.10.38-3

libintl1             0.10.40-1

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libpng               1.2.8-2

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libpopt0             1.6.4-4

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libreadline5         4.3-5

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libtiff5             3.7.3-1

libungif             4.1.4-1

libungif4            4.1.4-1

libXft               2.1.6-1

libXft1              1.0.0-1

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libxml2              2.6.22-1

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nano                 1.2.2-1

ncftp                3.1.7-1

ncurses              5.4-4

nedit                5.5-1

octave               2.1.72-1

octave-forge         2005.06.13-5

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octave-htmldoc       2.1.72-1

openbox              0.99.1-4

openssh              4.3p1-2

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openssl097           0.9.7i-1

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pcre                 6.3-1

pcre-devel           6.3-1

pcre-doc             6.3-1

perl                 5.8.7-5

perl-libwin32        0.26-1

perl-Win32-GUI       1.02-1

pinfo                0.6.8-1

ping                 1.0-1

procps               3.2.5-1

proj                 4.4.8-1

psmisc               21.5-1

pstoedit             3.42-1

psutils              1.17-1

python               2.4.1-1

readline             5.1-3

rebase               2.4.2-1

ruby                 1.8.4-1

run                  1.1.6-1

sed                  4.1.5-1

setsid               0.0-3

shared-mime-info     0.16-1

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stow                 1.3.3-1

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tar                  1.15.1-3

tcltk                20030901-1

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which                1.7-1

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