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Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:19:50 -0500
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Subject: Re: Why isn't ssh reading ~/.ssh/id_rsa?
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie@users.sourceforge.net>
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On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Adam Dinwoodie wrote:
> John.E.Gregg wrote:
>> I'm just installed cygwin on a new laptop.  I've been using cygwin ssh
>> for years but am stumped by this new install.  ~/.ssh/id_rsa file is
>> not checked at login.  Instead, /.ssh/id_rsa is checked.
>
> See http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2012-02/msg00629.html.
>
> In short, your /etc/passwd doesn't list your home directory, so ~ doesn't
> always expand as expected. The fix is to edit /etc/passwd by hand and
> specify your home directory explicitly there.

Would simply adding HOME to the environment resolve the issue?

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