X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2006 11:50:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Peshansky Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: Brian Mathis cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Determine home directory during install In-Reply-To: <183c528b0609080803i64d4505awb66ef0b3554a3301@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <183c528b0609080803i64d4505awb66ef0b3554a3301@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: 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 On Fri, 8 Sep 2006, Brian Mathis wrote: > I've noticed that when I install cygwin fresh on a new machine, my > home directory seems to change location. Sometimes it's in > C:/cygwin/home/[user], but on this machine for some reason its in > C:/Documents and Settings/[user]. > > How does the installer determine where to put it? I have admin rights > and access to create directories. The only difference with this > machine is that it's on a domain. The other machines I use are > standalone (like at home). . HTH, Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "Las! je suis sot... -Mais non, tu ne l'es pas, puisque tu t'en rends compte." "But no -- you are no fool; you call yourself a fool, there's proof enough in that!" -- Rostand, "Cyrano de Bergerac" -- 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/