Mail Archives: cygwin/2009/10/23/09:33:14
On 10/23/2009 08:12 AM, Larry W. Virden wrote:
>
> Today in following up some helpful suggestions by members of this
> mailing list I ran into some additional setup issues.
>
> For instance, right now, when I open a bash window, I find an
> environment where $HOME is set to
> /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/lvirden
>
> However, if I take a look at ~lvirden, I see that is mapped to
> /home/lwv27 - which doesn't exist.
Sounds like at least one postinstall script didn't run correctly and that
you've done some "fiddling" to try to fix things up. I can say this much:
1. At least some postinstall scripts didn't run properly. If they had,
you should have /home/lvirden and $HOME would point to that.
2. ~ comes from '/etc/passwd' and it would seem that this file exists and
you've edited it to point to '/home/lwv27'.
Off the top of my head, I can't reconcile that and $HOME pointing to something
different. So take a look around these areas and also look at the
resolution rules
spelled out in '/etc/profile' to see if that helps you spot the issue.
If you need more help, please follow the problem reporting guidelines found
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> Is there a service or something that maps "/home" to the $HOME settings?
> In fact, I think I'd rather $HOME be set to /home/whatever , to eliminate
> those embedded spaces.
>
> Also, when I run cygrunsrv -Q cron I see a message saying that no such
> service is running. When I try to run cygrunsrv --start cron
>
> I get an error saying that the specified service does not exist as an
> installed service. I know the admin setting this up for me on my XP desktop
> ran the setup.exe command to install the package containing cron. Perhaps
> there is some other step I need to let him know about that has to be done
> after the install? Is there some place I can point him to help him get
> things setup?
You have to run 'cron-config'.
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A: Yes.
> Q: Are you sure?
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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