X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SARE_MSGID_LONG40,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <832452.9967.qm@web30803.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <832452 DOT 9967 DOT qm AT web30803 DOT mail DOT mud DOT yahoo DOT com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:00:40 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: bash 3.2.49(23): when I start a bash window, $HOME is the DOS value rather than /home/lwv27 From: "Mark J. Reed" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 12:55 PM, Larry W. Virden wrote: > $ echo $HOME > /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/lwv27 That looks like it's inherited from Windows. Cygwin won't set HOME if it's already set in the Windows environment. > Neither of these directories under /home are associated with me. They > are, however, associated with the person who is running setup Ah. IIRC, if you're logging into Cygwin as a user other than the one who set it up, you'll have to use mkpasswd to add that user to the Cygwin environment. -- Mark J. Reed -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple