X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: From: Karl M To: Subject: RE: Upgrade to cygwin 1.7 seemed to trash bash profile, path Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 08:23:38 -0700 In-Reply-To: <4A1FF783.2080402@cornell.edu> References: <4A1C0ACB.1030001@cygwin.com> <20090528230354.GD25043@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <4A1FF783.2080402@cornell.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 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 > Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:56:03 -0400 > From: kbrown > Subject: Re: Upgrade to cygwin 1.7 seemed to trash bash profile, path > > On 5/28/2009 7:03 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote: >> I'm not really following this discussion closely but there should not, >> by default, be any entries for /usr/lib or /usr/bin in your /etc/fstab >> file. > > I've actually come across one situation where things don't work right if > those lines are missing. I often use 'ssh admin-user@localhost' to > simulate 'su'. After deleting the entry for /usr/bin from /etc/fstab, > this produces the following: > > -bash: /usr/bin/tr: No such file or directory > -bash: /usr/bin/sed: No such file or directory > $ ls /usr/bin > ls: cannot access /usr/bin: No such file or directory > > The problem doesn't occur in the other direction. In other words, if > I'm logged in as an administrator and then do 'ssh > non-admin-user@localhost', there's no problem. And everything is fine > with the entry for /usr/bin restored to /etc/fstab. > Hi... =20 This is the same symptom I had. The 2009-05-18 (and 2009-05-28) snapshot fixed it. =20 Thanks, =20 ...Karl _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live=99: Keep your life in sync. http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_BR_life_in_synch_052009 -- 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/