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Subject: Re: How to specify the user directory OUTSIDE of Cygwin (installation folder)?
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From: Marco Atzeri <marco DOT atzeri AT gmail DOT com>
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Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 09:53:23 +0200
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On 09/09/2017 07:06, Ben Stover via cygwin wrote:
> By default the user folder of Cygwin (under Win7) is in a subdirectory
> 
> <installation folder>\home\<username>

from cygwin point of view "/home/<username>"

> How can I put it into a separate directory OUTSIDE of Cygwin?
> 
> Example:
> 
> I installed Cygwin in
> 
> D:\tools\cygwin\v2\
> 
> and want to put my (resp. all) home directories into
> 
> D:\tools\cygwin\myhome\
> 
> If possible I would like to specify my new home directory not as absolute but as relative path.
> 
> I would prefer a customization somwhow in "Cygwin.bat" like:
> 
> set cygwinhome=..\myhome
> 
> Mind the double dots standing for "go up one level".
> 
> How can I achieve this?
> 
> Ben
> 


mkpasswd -c >> /etc/passwd

change the fifth field of "/etc/passwd"
from  "/home/<username>"
to "/cygdrive/d/tools/cygwin/myhome"


close all cygwin process and rerun.

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