X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: Yes, hits=6.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,KHOP_DNSBL_BUMP,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_BL,RCVD_IN_JMF_BL,SPF_SOFTFAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 01:28:34 +0400 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: Andrey Repin Message-ID: <198624923.20120803012834@mtu-net.ru> To: Soumya Roy , cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: HOME directory has somehow been overridden In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Greetings, Soumya Roy! > 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 My only question: Why you're doing this? Isn't your profile directory is a logical location for your $HOME? Other than that, check all settings that may affect it. Environment variable, as suggested, being one of them. -- WBR, Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 03.08.2012, <01:27> Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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