X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin@cygwin.com From: Gmane User Subject: Re: Home directory Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:37:26 -0400 Lines: 22 Message-ID: References: <47007A91.9E829D3C@dessent.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (Windows/20070728) In-Reply-To: <47007A91.9E829D3C@dessent.net> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: 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 Brian Dessent wrote: > Gmane User wrote: > >> If I were make c:/cygwin/home/UserName my home directory, what is the best way? >> Ssh only considers /etc/passwd, so it seems best to manually set it there, >> though I'd have to manually fix it each time I recreate it. It still seems to >> be the best way, but opinions are welcome on "good practice". > > Well you already said it -- sshd only considers the entry in passwd so > that's pretty much the only option if you plan to connect remotely. > However, you should use a POSIX path like /home/UserName not > c:/whatever. Indeed. I guess that's it. On the other hand, it occurred to me that it might be worthwhile to uninstall cygwin, then reinstall it on a secondary IDE drive (not drive c:), along with the cygwin user file/folder tree. It has a lot more space, so I can forget the network drive altogether. I was initially trying to avoid the secondary drive because I fully expect suprises and a brand new learning experiences due to the unconventional location. But I can always give it a go. The only issue at hand is time. -- 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/