HOME directory has somehow been overridden

Andrew DeFaria Andrew@DeFaria.com
Thu Aug 2 22:10:00 GMT 2012


On 8/2/2012 2:28 PM, Andrey Repin wrote:
> Greetings, Soumya Roy!
>
>> Just to give the last few lines of my /etc/passwd file:-
>> /home/SUPPORT_388945a0:/bin/bash
>> VALNT:unused:1003:513:U-SMEI-EC058E66\VALNT,S-1-5-21-1614895754-178822364\
>> 8-725345543-1003:/home/VALNT:/bin/bash
> My only question: Why you're doing this?
> Isn't your profile directory is a logical location for your $HOME?
> Other than that, check all settings that may affect it.
> Environment variable, as suggested, being one of them.
My logical location for my $HOME is usually off on some filter, where 
it's the $HOME for Windows and the $HOME for Unix/Linux. I could care 
less about [C:\Documents and Settings|C:\Users]\$USERNAME.
-- 
Andrew DeFaria <http://defaria.com>
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