Mail Archives: cygwin/2004/04/07/16:11:39
You can edit the file directly if you prefer. I was just trying to
provide you with a mechanism which would allow you to regenerate your
/etc/passwd file in the future without needing to re-edit it each time.
But if that's not a concern for you, just run your favorite editor and
have at it! ;-)
Larry
At 03:37 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote:
>Larry,
>
>Thanks for all the help. Sorry to keep beating this
>subject down, but I hope this can be my last question.
>
>What problems will I have with simply changing the
>path for my home dir in /etc/passwd?
>
>Do I have to use the mkpasswd cmd that you showed
>below?
>
>Thanks,
>Erik
>
>--- Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Larry Hall
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>>
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