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Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 10:31:53 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
To: Vince Hoffman <Vince DOT Hoffman AT uk DOT circle DOT com>
cc: "'sferriol'" <sylvain DOT ferriol AT imag DOT fr>, <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: ssh doesn't like $HOME
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Actually, the default /etc/profile simply sets $HOME to /home/$USER.
/etc/passwd is not consulted.  Ssh (or, rather, login) uses the
/etc/passwd entry, however.
	Igor

On Wed, 30 Apr 2003, Vince Hoffman wrote:

> /etc/password contains info such as your home directory (Although setting
> $HOME will override where $HOME is set in /etc/profile,) your shell if you
> are logging in remotely (via ssh telnet etc,) it lets cygwin map guids to
> usernames and probably lots more i dont know about.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sferriol [mailto:sylvain DOT ferriol AT imag DOT fr]
> > Sent: 30 April 2003 11:52
> > To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: Re: ssh doesn't like $HOME
> >
> > > ssh never uses the $HOME value.  It uses the home dir given
> > > in the user's
> > > /etc/passwd entry.
> > >
> > > Corinna
> > >
> > what is the use of /etc/passwd in a Win2k environment????
> >
> > sylvain

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