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Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 18:51:36 +0530
From: prashanthu baragur <prashu DOT list AT gmail DOT com>
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Dave,

I did not ran 

mkpasswd -l -d >/etc/passwd" and "mkgroup -l -d >/etc/group"

Since i did "mkdir /home", /home is just like "/temp" directory.

Any care to be taken during cygwin installation  ??

Thanks
Prashanth




On 6/2/05, Dave Korn <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com> wrote:
> ----Original Message----
> >From: prashanthu baragur
> >Sent: 02 June 2005 08:06
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > Am a newbie to cygwin. Am trying to install cygwin as per the
> > procedure in the web.
> >
> > http://cplus.about.com/od/compilersandides/l/aa061204a.htm
> >
> > After installation i observe that the /home directory is missing.
> > Other that this things are normal. I have logged into my system as a
> > local user  in our company domain.Where am i going wrong ?
> >
> > Please reply.
> > Prashanth
> 
> 
>  Did you run "mkpasswd -l -d >/etc/passwd" and "mkgroup -l -d >/etc/group"
> yet?
> 
> 
> 
>    cheers,
>      DaveK
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