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Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 13:22:19 -0400
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Subject: Re: changing home directory
From: Mirko Vukovic <mirko DOT vukovic AT gmail DOT com>
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Cc: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:21 AM, Corinna Vinschen  wrote:
> On Mar 31 17:55, Mirko Vukovic wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I want to change my /home directory.
>> My windows HOME variable points to d: which is my user directory on the =
PC.
>> Currently, /home points to my home directory. =A0But because of some
>> issues with unison, I would like to change it
>> to /home/977315
>>
>> I tried:
>> > mkdir /home/977315
>> > vi /etc/fstab ... to point d: to /home/977315 (d: is my home directory)
>> > vi /etc/passwd to make my login directory /home/977315
>>
>> But when I open a new bash window, `cd ~' will still put me into
>> /home, and mount's output still points d: to /home.
>>
>> If I remove that windows variable HOME, my cygwin home directory
>> becomes /home/mv. =A0But the mount point d: is still pointing to /home,
>> disregarding the /etc/fstab setting
>>
>> What else should I do?
>
> Stop all your Cygwin processes and start again. =A0The fstab changes won't
> be visible until you "restart" your Cygwin session. =A0Alternatively, try
> `mount -a', see http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-utils.html#mount
>
>
> Corinna


Thank you.  Works now.

Mirko

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