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* Problems with users home directory on cygwin64 on Windows 10
@ 2018-02-07 15:08 Steinar Bang
2018-02-07 18:15 ` Ross Boulet
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Steinar Bang @ 2018-02-07 15:08 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-xfree
Platform: Intel i7, Windows 10 Pro
Cygwin64
I installed cygwin X yesterday (basically the xorg-server, xlaunch,
lxterminal, openssh and mosh). SSH doesn't work in the resulting
installation because cygwin believes the home directory is /home/sb.
I have set HOME as an environment variable, that in cygwin looks like:
HOME=/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sb
getent reports the following:
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$ getent passwd sb
sb:*:1294839:1049089:U-AD-ONE\sb,S-1-5-21-2260904419-1400770398-4175912926-246263:/home/sb:/bin/bash
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$
The user "sb" is an AD user and the computer belongs to an active domain.
I have tried the following:
1. Adding the following line to the /etc/nsswitch.conf file (also known
as C:\cygwin64\etc\nsswitch.conf ):
db_home: windows
2. Stopped all cygwin windows, but this didn't help
3. Changed the config to
db_home: /%H
4. Stopped all cygwin windows, but the home directory was still
/home/sb
5. Changed the /etc/nsswitch.conf file back to
db_home: windows
5. Rebooted, but home directory was still /home/sb
6. Checked for /etc/password and/or /etc/group, but no such file were
present
Any ideas?
Thanks!
- Steinar
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* RE: Problems with users home directory on cygwin64 on Windows 10
2018-02-07 15:08 Problems with users home directory on cygwin64 on Windows 10 Steinar Bang
@ 2018-02-07 18:15 ` Ross Boulet
2018-02-08 17:23 ` Steinar Bang
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ross Boulet @ 2018-02-07 18:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-xfree
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-
> owner@cygwin.com] On Behalf Of Steinar Bang
> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 9:07 AM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Problems with users home directory on cygwin64 on Windows 10
>
> Platform: Intel i7, Windows 10 Pro
> Cygwin64
>
> I installed cygwin X yesterday (basically the xorg-server, xlaunch, lxterminal,
> openssh and mosh). SSH doesn't work in the resulting installation because
> cygwin believes the home directory is /home/sb.
>
> I have set HOME as an environment variable, that in cygwin looks like:
> HOME=/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sb
>
> getent reports the following:
> sb@ITEM-S63383:~$ getent passwd sb
> sb:*:1294839:1049089:U-AD-ONE\sb,S-1-5-21-2260904419-1400770398-
> 4175912926-246263:/home/sb:/bin/bash
> sb@ITEM-S63383:~$
>
> The user "sb" is an AD user and the computer belongs to an active domain.
>
> I have tried the following:
> 1. Adding the following line to the /etc/nsswitch.conf file (also known
> as C:\cygwin64\etc\nsswitch.conf ):
> db_home: windows
> 2. Stopped all cygwin windows, but this didn't help 3. Changed the config to
> db_home: /%H
> 4. Stopped all cygwin windows, but the home directory was still
> /home/sb
> 5. Changed the /etc/nsswitch.conf file back to
> db_home: windows
> 5. Rebooted, but home directory was still /home/sb 6. Checked for
> /etc/password and/or /etc/group, but no such file were
> present
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> - Steinar
>
>
> --
[Ross Boulet]
Have you tried running mkpasswd? The man page for mkpasswd looks like it might accomplish what you want.
Also, this mailing list is deprecated. Please see https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2015-03/msg00001.html
-Ross
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* Re: Problems with users home directory on cygwin64 on Windows 10
2018-02-07 18:15 ` Ross Boulet
@ 2018-02-08 17:23 ` Steinar Bang
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Steinar Bang @ 2018-02-08 17:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin-xfree
>>>>> Ross Boulet <rossb@rossb.com>:
> Have you tried running mkpasswd? The man page for mkpasswd looks like
> it might accomplish what you want.
Thanks! That worked!
Here's what I did:
1. Let the mkpasswd program create an /etc/passwd for my user
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$ mkpasswd -c -p "$(cygpath -H)" >/etc/passwd
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$
2. Checked the content of the generated /etc/passwd
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$ grep sb /etc/passwd
sb:*:1294839:1049089:U-AD\sb,S-1-5-21-2260904419-1400770398-4175912926-246263:/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sb:/bin/bash
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$
3. Checked what getent said and it still gave /home/sb as the home
directory
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$ getent passwd sb
sb:*:1294839:1049089:U-AD\sb,S-1-5-21-2260904419-1400770398-4175912926-246263:/home/sb:/bin/bash
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$
4. Stopped all cygwin windows
5. Started a new cygwin window and now the home directory was correct
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$ getent passwd sb
sb:*:1294839:1049089:U-AD\sb,S-1-5-21-2260904419-1400770398-4175912926-246263:/cygdrive/d/Profiles/sb:/bin/bash
sb@ITEM-S63383:~$
> Also, this mailing list is deprecated. Please see
> https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree-announce/2015-03/msg00001.html
Ah, sorry about that! Old habit!
Next time I will use the main cygwin mailing list. :-)
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