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Gmane User wrote:

> If I were make c:/cygwin/home/UserName my home directory, what is the best way?
>  Ssh only considers /etc/passwd, so it seems best to manually set it there,
> though I'd have to manually fix it each time I recreate it.  It still seems to
> be the best way, but opinions are welcome on "good practice".

Well you already said it -- sshd only considers the entry in passwd so
that's pretty much the only option if you plan to connect remotely. 
However, you should use a POSIX path like /home/UserName not
c:/whatever.

Brian

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