Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Reply-To: Cygwin List Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050422125956.087dd100@pop.prospeed.net> Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:04:57 -0400 To: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID)" , cygwin@cygwin.com From: Larry Hall Subject: RE: I need to change my home directory In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" At 12:56 PM 4/22/2005, you wrote: >Or see >http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mkpasswd for >hints on setting it in /etc/passwd. (But I really don't know if bash or the >cygwin dll actually check /etc/passwd.) Of course they do. The doc you point to says this, among other things: The mkpasswd program can be used to help configure your Windows system to be more UNIX-like by creating an initial /etc/passwd from your system information. Its use is essential on the NT series (Windows NT, 2000, and XP) to include Windows security information,... I'd recommend setting your home in '/etc/passwd' unless you have a need to set it in your environment (i.e. share it with Windows, some other app needs it, etc). -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/