X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:07:48 +0530 Message-ID: Subject: Re: HOME directory has somehow been overridden From: Soumya Roy To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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 Just to give the last few lines of my /etc/passwd file:- /home/SUPPORT_388945a0:/bin/bash VALNT:unused:1003:513:U-SMEI-EC058E66\VALNT,S-1-5-21-1614895754-178822364\ 8-725345543-1003:/home/VALNT:/bin/bash thanks On 8/2/12, Soumya Roy wrote: > Hi everybody, > first of all I'm not a 'knows the ins and outs' user of > cygwin(although I absolutely love using it and would like to become > one!!). > My problems began(I think) when I installed heroku toolbelt for > facebook app creation...I went through some initial hiccups(with ssh > etc) and had to solve them (while working with cmd.exe). > Well my life went fine until later on I fired up cygwin and realized > that my intial directory has now been changed from > "c:/cygwin/home/username" to "c:/Documents and Settings/username"... > I "tried" to fix the problem by googling around(mkpasswd and all that) > and I think I've made the problem no better(if not worse).... > I really need some help guys. > Thanks. > -- 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