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From: Vince Hoffman <Vince.Hoffman@uk.circle.com>
To: "'sferriol'" <sylvain.ferriol@imag.fr>, cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: RE: ssh doesn't like $HOME
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 12:07:33 +0100
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/etc/password contains info such as your home directory (Although setting
$HOME will override where $HOME is set in /etc/profile,) your shell if you
are logging in remotely (via ssh telnet etc,) it lets cygwin map guids to
usernames and probably lots more i dont know about.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sferriol [mailto:sylvain.ferriol@imag.fr]
> Sent: 30 April 2003 11:52
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: ssh doesn't like $HOME
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > ssh never uses the $HOME value.  It uses the home dir given 
> in the user's
> > /etc/passwd entry.
> > 
> > Corinna
> > 
> what is the use of /etc/passwd in a Win2k environment????
> 
> sylvain
> 
> 
> 

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