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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:57:30 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: db_home setting in nsswitch.conf is ignored.
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On Jul 22 15:33, Shaun Martin wrote:
> I'm trying to set the HOME directory of Cygwin to a local folder. My comp=
uter is on a network and the Windows HOME variable is being mapped to a net=
work drive. I'm not able to change this. And for some reason, this causes t=
he default HOME directory for my Cygwin terminal to be set as either "/cygd=
rive/c/Users/shaun/Desktop/SERVER/USERS5:USERS/SHAUN" if I'm using mintty o=
r "/usr/bin/SERVER/USERS5:USERS/SHAUN" if I'm using PowerShell.=20
>=20
> I tried changing the /etc/nsswitch.conf, but any value I put into db_home=
 does not seem to do anything. I was able to test that "db_shell: /bin/sh" =
did change my shell from bash to sh. Here are some of the values I tried fo=
r db_home in nsswitch.conf:
>=20
> db_home: /cygdrive/c/users/shaun/apps/cygwin/home/shaun=20
> db_home: /%H/Apps/cygwin/home/shaun=20
> db_home: unix /%H/Apps/cygwin/home/shaun=20
> db_home: cygwin desc=20
> db_home: cygwin /path /%H/Apps/cygwin/home/shaun
>=20
> I asked about this on superuser.com, http://superuser.com/questions/94290=
8/changing-the-home-for-cygwin
>  , which pointed me here.

Is HOME set in the Windows environment already?  If so, this
might interact with the setting in /etc/nsswitch.conf, which *only*
works for entries taken from the passwd DB (getpwnam, getpwuid calls).

How do you start mintty?  It should be started with a single parameter,
a dash, e.g.:

  C:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe -


Corinna

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