X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:to:message-id:subject :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s= default; b=gbASsisB7bNbQvDhKaajGrfCUtYfq0pq2lGGM+dsqlgy9QMjOlpnJ TGlF1Vmh2nb3tJ1KtCMtAr9B+glTxeNaXJx+w5LqRhHuGEXnwW9MlhnIlz2W3AmQ QsHO3mJXco+dOvwhP2HYtMlJQ0mUKKHybF1g6f5lN0ZO804xV3O4tM= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:date:from:reply-to:to:message-id:subject :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=NBPLVnRx1SmYhEx/OwvR30cjrOk=; b=pZZYzMNWHS3rwO1KTJSuU2mdaJVj eWUfk9cQieuvaa9jqcWXYsFw7e9UF3py5Cne4c0HAPIDDOwuah2sovmCM5R63X6r IYDCrgYkiICwjZSUIMjaRDO7643Zvja2bEPUzKliKwrQY0emQiVUw/5mmmnEQAfK mUxRwZH+ydeMVEs= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: 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 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: nm38-vm0.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:35:45 +0000 (UTC) From: Shaun Martin Reply-To: Shaun Martin To: "cygwin AT cygwin DOT com" Message-ID: <593814963.1020714.1437658545464.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: db_home setting in nsswitch.conf is ignored. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thank you both for trying to help me out. I'm primarily a web developer and lack much of the system admin knowledge that would definitely help in this situation. > > Yes, HOME is set in the Windows environment and I am not able to change it. > > How so?... > > > With the "SET" command in a Windows command prompt I can see: > > > HOME=SERVER/USERS5:USERS\SHAUN > > That's suspicious. So many symbols not allowed to be there. Not only does it look strange, but I can't tell where it's being set. Under System > Advanced > Environment Variables, there is no HOME variable set. When I put one in, it's ignored. If I type "set home" from the command prompt I get: HOME=SERVER/USERS5:USERS\SHAUN HOMEDRIVE=C: HOMEPATH=\Users\shaun I guess that would suggest the admins are using it to build up the full path dynamically for some reason. I'll need to talk to them about making any modifications. > On a second look into your OP, I'm also a bit puzzled about the > settings you made in /etc/nsswitch.conf. From the documentation, it looked like "db_home: /home/%U" should solve my problems. When that didn't have any affect, I was just grasping at straws. I didn't try those all at once, I just wanted to show the options I had tried. Cygwin works perfectly in my home environment and on a virtual machine I have at work using a standard Windows installation. My work environment has caused problems with other programs in the past, but it seemed like this HOME variable situation could be bypassed by the "/etc/nsswitch.conf" file. I'll talk with the admins about Cygwin and see if they want to help me get this issue worked out. Thanks again for your efforts. -- 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