FW: Env variable USER

[Michel Bardiaux]

> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Michel Bardiaux wrote:
>>
>> 1. Is USER supposed to be set?
>
> Yes.
>
>> 2. If yes, by what script or process?
>
> /etc/profile

Then mine is indeed damaged, it contains just this:

PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:$PATH"

Looks like it was *lost* and this was a pathetic attempt by me at recreating it.

But with your info I could do a web search (could not before, cygwin+variable+USER finds way too many hits) and that led me to /etc/defaults/etc/profile.

Thanks again.