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Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2004 16:07:52 -0400
To: Erik Weibust <eweibust AT yahoo DOT com>, Cygwin List <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
From: Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: strange install problems
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You can edit the file directly if you prefer.  I was just trying to 
provide you with a mechanism which would allow you to regenerate your
/etc/passwd file in the future without needing to re-edit it each time.
But if that's not a concern for you, just run your favorite editor and
have at it! ;-)

Larry


At 03:37 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote:
>Larry,
>
>Thanks for all the help.  Sorry to keep beating this
>subject down, but I hope this can be my last question.
>
>What problems will I have with simply changing the
>path for my home dir in /etc/passwd?
>
>Do I have to use the mkpasswd cmd that you showed
>below?
>
>Thanks,
>Erik
>
>--- Larry Hall <cygwin-lh AT cygwin DOT com> wrote:
>> At 12:58 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote:
>> >> >2.  Shouldn't cygwin use something like
>> >> $My_Documents
>> >> >as it's home?  This is mostly on a local drive
>> for
>> >> all
>> >> >windows installs.
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Cygwin uses for your home directory whatever
>> Windows
>> >> says
>> >> is your home directory.   Cygwin gets this from
>> >> '/etc/passwd'.  
>> >> If you do a 'mkpasswd -d -u <your user name>',
>> >> you'll see 
>> >> what Cygwin will use as your home directory, as
>> set
>> >> by the 
>> >> administrator of your domain.  If you don't want
>> >> that, use
>> >> the '-p' option.
>> >
>> >How exactly do I use the "-p" option?
>> >
>> >mkpasswd -p <my user name>
>> 
>> 
>> mkpasswd -l -d -u <your user name> -p <path to the
>> parent directory of your 
>> user directory>
>> 
>> i.e. mkpasswd -l -d -u erik -p /home
>> 
>> 
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> >3.  Does cygwin not build a /home/$USERNAME
>> >> dir/path
>> >> >as part of it's install?  I did a complete
>> install
>> >> and
>> >> >expected it.  Before I uninstalled my previous
>> >> cygwin
>> >> >install (which was installed a year ago) I did
>> have
>> >> a
>> >> >/home/$USER dir and that is what I backed up.
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> I think you're looking for this explanation:
>> >> 
>> >>
>>
>><http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-01/msg00111.html>
>> >> 
>> >> or see '/etc/profile'.  '/etc/profile' makes your
>> >> home
>> >> directory if it doesn't exist. 
>> >> 
>> >> >4.  If the answer to number 3 is No.  Can I just
>> >> >create a /home/$USER and copy my old /home/user
>> >> there?
>> >> 
>> >> 
>> >> Sure.  Copy it where you like and need it.  Make
>> >> Cygwin 
>> >> see it where ever you want if the one it gets
>> from
>> >> Windows
>> >> isn't to your liking.
>> >
>> >Your comment "Make Cygwin see it where ever you
>> want"
>> >is vague.  How do I do that?
>> 
>> 
>> Just make sure that the home directory in
>> /etc/passwd is 
>> pointing to where you want it.  See above.
>> 
>> 
>> --
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