Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 14:41:32 -0800 (PST) From: Mo DeJong To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Problem with ssh-keygen.exe. In-Reply-To: <3A28C3DC.C23514FD@redhat.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Sat, 2 Dec 2000, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > Mo DeJong wrote: > > application. I am running as user mdejong > > with a home dir of /home/mdejong, but ssh-keygen > > thinks differently. > > > > $ ssh-keygen.exe > > Generating RSA keys: Key generation complete. > > Enter file in which to save the key (/bin/sh/.ssh/identity): > > > > from bash: > > > > $ echo $HOME > > /home/mdejong > > Just for clarification: $HOME is in no way of interest for OpenSSH. > OpenSSH applications always use the getpw... calls to get the user > related information. So, as Chris Abbey already mentioned, check > your /etc/passwd which is for sure your problem. > > Corinna Ok, but I still do not understand why the /etc/passwd file would be created without a home directory, and why does it find /bin/sh as the home dir instead of ""? What program is run to generate this /etc/passwd file? It seems like this problem needs to be fixed there. thanks Mo DeJong Red Hat Inc -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com