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:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=tW+oADj3l4uLjhqu DNlRNhux3PYQczgFbnl/X/OelwXyvw/ezkIop+ZPuGIieWER8tI3aYk748LXInrQ fHPrIhAtotn87dV7X/+sta3fTcusr2gbNeuGz6SWsm4AFs69bgKbaBX54z3bn7aS i97VqcsSqGLeN+AveDQY+Vgohv8= 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:message-id:to:subject :in-reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=ZWEYZK7QDCAjAjnDcjiWZH 7m9oU=; b=wORsTHhjX1VVCRLiNzM0L3wN/jVBG1QAiOzL5z/tZfhFsIlFrEqQQq GTPf0HXxFQHiWsciY+0QaJGOGy8OCNp/fSqwj0F4l8oYMbUko81xgz2ljizp0ZEw FavjpKKK3Z/BbueHpC4QjYvv+cvmier3jn2ZFSkTWr9Ej/5RJOz3s= 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=2.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,FREEMAIL_FROM,KAM_THEBAT,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=H*Ad:D*gov, H*MI:sk:c3kkub9, Hx-languages-length:1675, H*MI:sk:1392107 X-HELO: forward4j.cmail.yandex.net Authentication-Results: smtp3o.mail.yandex.net; dkim=pass header.i=@yandex.ru X-Yandex-Suid-Status: 1 0,1 0 Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2016 18:01:07 +0300 From: Andrey Repin Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Message-ID: <1737782863.20160927180107@yandex.ru> To: Andrew Schulman , cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Use of SHELL env var by login In-Reply-To: <80skub16p5kh2dij73308plbrdcelgdafn@4ax.com> References: <1392107644 DOT 20160927141237 AT yandex DOT ru> <80skub16p5kh2dij73308plbrdcelgdafn AT 4ax DOT com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Greetings, Andrew Schulman! >> Greetings, Andrew Schulman! >> >> >> I just moved the cygwin installation. The "last" peculiarity I ran into >> >> was that the login shell, with the shortcut "F:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe >> >> -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -", a ps showed >> >> >> >> /cygdrive/c/cygwin64/bin/bash >> >> >> >> instead of /usr/bin/bash >> >> >> >> I tracked this down the the windows setting for SHELL, the one you get >> >> to from windows' SystemProperties dialog, which was >> >> C:/cygwin64/bin/bash. The /etc/passwd file specifies /bin/bash. >> >> >> >> Is this expected behavior? (Though I can see why SHELL is there and I'd >> >> need to change it) >> >> > /etc/passwd is deprecated. Since Cygwin 2.5 IIRC, Cygwin no longer looks for it, >> > getting information about users directly from the operating system instead. >> > Unless you have a special need for it, you should remove it. Same for >> > /etc/group. >> >> > In the absence of /etc/passwd, setting SHELL is the right way to set your login >> > shell. >> >> One of the right ways, I'd say. >> If your aim is the integration of both environments, you MAY set variables, >> but if you then start a login shell, they may be voided by the startup scripts. >> I would advise using "more other" ways to configure Cygwin, i.e. using SAM DB >> comment field. > OK. First I've heard of that. Can you explain how Ernie would do it? It's in the user's guide, right where you'd expect it to be ;) https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch-desc -- With best regards, Andrey Repin Tuesday, September 27, 2016 18:00:31 Sorry for my terrible english... -- 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