Mail Archives: cygwin/2002/09/02/08:22:08
Hi -
I accidentally typed 'umount -A' (remove all mounts) when I mean to type
'umount -U' (remove user mounts). Two problems:
1. I can't remember exactly, but there used to be
four or five mounts defined (/, /usr/bin, /usr/lib,
maybe some X ones as well). How do I get them back?
Why does cygwin use something like an /etc/fstab
file instead of (I'm guessing) registry entries that
are permanently removed when you umount?
2. Even after restoring /, /usr/bin and /usr/lib, I'm
having a lot off difficulty. Notably:
HOME no longer seems to be set. Double clicking
on Cygwin bash gives me a shell in '/'. HOME seems
to be set to '/'.
sshd login refuses to work: I get 'permission denied',
for all users, immediately after entering password.
In fact, I shouldn't even get password prompt - key auth
was working until I lost the mounts.
If I had to guess, it seems like /etc/passwd can't
be read. But that appears just fine with '/' mounted
from c:\cgywin.
Surely this command isn't that devastating? How do I get
back to where I was?
thanks,
usman
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