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Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 15:31:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Cygwin Newbie Question
To: david sarraf <david_sarraf AT hotmail DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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--- david sarraf <david_sarraf AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:
> passwd file:
>david:unused_by_nt/2000/xp:500:513:U-IBM-311IWKNAA4G\david,S-1-5-21-1994407283-2032670471-1942978529-500:/home/david:/bin/bash
> 
> uid=500(shidan) gid=513(None) 

Well, the above lines together look like a problem to me. I don't know
why your uid would not match the username in /etc/passwd, which is 
contrary to how I understand it working, but it may just be over my head.
Are you logged into a domain?

> When I run cygwin.bat I'm not put into my home directory but rather in 
> /usr/bin.

Is HOME set in Windows? (Run cmd.exe and 'echo %HOME%' )

> Even though having /dev is optional isn't the setup program supposed to  
> create this and proc?

I may be wrong (since I've had a cygwin installation a long time and created
them myself), but I don't think so. 

I'm afraid I'm about to leave for the weekend, but hopefully someone else 
on the list can pick this up. 

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