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Date: Mon, 12 May 2003 16:34:58 +0200
From: Sylvain DOT Ferriol AT imag DOT fr
To: Sylvain DOT Ferriol AT imag DOT fr
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com, Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>,
   sferriol <Sylvain DOT Ferriol AT imag DOT fr>
Subject: Re: howto change home path in /etc/passwd
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Surlignage Sylvain DOT Ferriol AT imag DOT fr:

> Surlignage Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>:
> 
> > On Mon, 12 May 2003 Sylvain DOT Ferriol AT imag DOT fr wrote:
> > 
> > > Surlignage Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, 12 May 2003, sferriol wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > hello
> > > > > is there a command to change the home directory of a user in
> > /etc/passwd
> > > > > because ssh sees this file before $HOME and i have always a error.
> > > >
> > > > Use an editor to edit /etc/passwd (as has been suggested).  Mind the
> > line
> > > > endings (I think).
> > >
> > > no my question is to do this automatically
> > > because when the admin has installed cygwin on a computer, it adds users
> > > and each users has to define the variable HOME,
> > > but if they use ssh, they have to chang /etc/passwd too.
> > >
> > > i want to create a install file which update automatically /etc/passwd,
> > puts defaults files (bashrc, inputrc,...)
> > > i see that there is the mkpasswd command but it doesn't do what i want
> > >
> > > do you know when /etc/passwd is created???
> > >
> > > sylvain
> > 
> > /etc/passwd is normally created (along with /etc/group) when setup runs
> > the passwd-grp.sh postinstall script.  The program that actually creates
> > the passwd entries is called mkpasswd, and it sets the home directory to
> > /home/<username> by default.
> > 
> > One thing you can do is create symbolic links (or, better yet, user
> > mounts) from /home/<username> to that user's $HOME.  That way, you will
> > not have to change /etc/passwd at all.
> 
> OK but do you know how to get the username because in the cygwin terminal
> echo $USER or echo $USERNAME works
> but i 'm using a file install.bat which calls 'bash.exe instal.sh'
> and in install.sh:
> 
> echo $USER....nothing
> echo $USERNAME....nothing
> 
> any suggestions???




SORRY IT's a mistake

but anyway , WHY SSH HAS TO READ /etc/passwd before reading options or $HOME/.ssh/config?????

sylvain




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