Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Message-ID: From: Mathew Boorman To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: /etc/profile /etc/passwd and HOME Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:13:04 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" After installing on 2000 where my account has a default HOMEDRIVE setup, I did the cygwin install. mkpasswd automatically setup the home field in /etc/passwd correctly, but it did not work. I found /etc/profile does not check that but instead only checks for an existing HOME. It does not check for a value in /etc/passwd. The following change worked for me, but it assumes that /etc/passwd exists. Any comments? # Set up USER's home directory +# try and get it from /etc/passwd +if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then + HOME=`grep mat /etc/passwd | cut --delimiter=: --fields=6` +fi + +# fallback if HOME was not set in /etc/passwd if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then HOME="/home/$USER" fi If OK and so requested I will figure out how to do a real patch. m@ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/