X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <32877390.post@talk.nabble.com> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 04:31:28 -0800 (PST) From: Marc Girod To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Installation problems with home path and sshd In-Reply-To: <32877343.post@talk.nabble.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <32877343.post@talk.nabble.com> 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 gabier wrote: > > 1. The home path was not created, there was nothing in the home directory. > The mintty console opens in /cygdrive/c/Users/username/Desktop/FREENAS, > which is merely the link to the icon used to open the console. > I created a home user directory and now if I enter "cd ~/" I am in it. > But mintty still opens in its own link directory. > Others may answer better than me, but... I think there are two sources for the definition of home: the HOME environment variable, and the entry in /etc/passwd. I have myself: ~> id uid=1000(marc) gid=513(None) groups=513(None),545(Users) ~> grep marc /etc/passwd marc:unused:1000:513:U-sartre\marc,S-1-5-21-1848142070-2449128644-2827604881-1000:/home/marc:/bin/bash ~> echo $HOME /home/marc Marc -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Installation-problems-with-home-path-and-sshd-tp32877343p32877390.html Sent from the Cygwin list mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple