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Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 07:21:18 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Can I be another user?
To: Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com> wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> When I launch Cygwin under NT, I'm put into the home directory for
> Administrator, rather than my home directory.
> 
> Is there any option to Bash that can change this?
> 
> Under the old version, I HOME to point to my directory, cd to $HOME,
> then launch bash.
> 
> I certainly can do that again if bash doesn't have a parameter for this.
> 

What does /etc/passwd say is your home directory?

Cheers,

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   Earnie Boyd: <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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