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Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2003 15:17:44 +0100
From: a12 <a12@swipnet.se>
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To: "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre.Humblet@ieee.org>
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Subject: Re: Cygwin home dir=/cygwin/c (not /home/<userid>)
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Yes, removing HOME from Windows system variables did it.

I thank you all cygwin gurus for support and valuable hints.

"Pierre A. Humblet" wrote:

> a12 wrote:
> >
> > Pierre,
> >
> > 'echo %HOME%' yields 'C:\'
> >
> > Modifying /etc/profile:
> > # Set up USER's home directory
> > # 020102 magr40 force to use /home/$USER
> > #if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
> >   HOME="/home/$USER"
> > #fi
> > solves my problem, but is it the correct way to do it ?
>
> It's correct but not particularly elegant as it duplicates
> what passwd is supposed to be for.
> I assume HOME is defined as a system variable in the Windows
> environment and it is the same for everybody.
> Is there a good reason for that?
> Otherwise undefine it and everything will be well.
>
> For reference, here is how HOME is set, in order of priority
> - When starting from Windows
> 1) From existing HOME in Windows environment, translated to Posix
> 2) If the user has an entry in passwd:
>    a) from passwd, if the home directory field in non empty
>    b) from HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH
> 3) /
> - telnetd and rlogind
> 1) From passwd, if it is a valid directory
> 2) /
> - sshd
> 1) From passwd, even if it is invalid.
>    In that case /etc/profile may actually create it.
>
> Note that in all those cases HOME is never set in /etc/profile !
>
> Pierre
>
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