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From: "Michael A. Chase" <mchase AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
To: "Sean Pollack" <sean AT giantstudios DOT com>, "cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: how set HOME on login?
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 10:20:00 -0800
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Things to look for:
   What is the result from `id -un`?
   Does /home/$USER exist?
   Is the user defined in /etc/passwd?
   What are $USER and $HOME set to once bash starts?

There is code in the default /etc/profile that handles some of those issues,
but if your installation is relatively old, it might have been created
before that code was added.  The new code overrides USER, but leaves HOME
alone if it is already set.  It also includes 'cd $HOME' near the end.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Pollack" <sean AT giantstudios DOT com>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:08 PM
Subject: how set HOME on login?


> I'd like to be able to goto /home/$USER instead of /home/administrator
when
> I open a cygwin shell.
>
> I setup cygwin so my $USER is now correct.



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