From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 38796 invoked by alias); 16 Aug 2019 14:58:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 38747 invoked by uid 89); 16 Aug 2019 14:58:15 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy= X-HELO: lb2-smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net Received: from lb2-smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net (HELO lb2-smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net) (194.109.24.26) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:58:13 +0000 Received: from tmp.Q7XK3vLL0U ([83.162.234.136]) by smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net with ESMTPSA id ydg7h2vWAzaKOydg8hmM3B; Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:58:09 +0200 Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:16:00 -0000 Message-ID: <177b39dbb95fb07000da6880d83c1db1@smtp-cloud9.xs4all.net> From: Houder Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Win7 system update hosed something in Cygwin References: <0b92f093cce0c8b0f1b43c9ed6dabac9@smtp-cloud8.xs4all.net> In-Reply-to: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=fixed User-Agent: mua.awk 0.99 X-SW-Source: 2019-08/txt/msg00224.txt.bz2 On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 06:40:28, David Karr wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 2:01 AM Houder wrote: .. > > Please study /etc/profile where it says "here is how HOME is set" ... > > > > Ok. This says: > > # 1) From existing HOME in the Windows environment, translated to a > Posix path > # 2) from /etc/passwd, if there is an entry with a non empty directory > field > # 3) from HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH > # 4) / (root) > > I just brought up a cmd shell and entered "set" and looked at the result. > > 1. I don't have a "HOME" variable setting. > 2. /etc/passwd doesn't exist in Cygwin. > 3. I DO have both HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH set, and that points to my Windows > home directory, which DOES exist. > 4. This is what I am getting. Perhaps comment in file is not complete? (is getent perhaps used?) > So, before this reboot, my Cygwin home directory has always been > "/home/", which has always resided at "c:\cygwin64\home\". > After the reboot, my Cygwin home directory is "/", which appears to > translate to "c:\cygwin64" (from "cygpath -w /"). However, according to > the rules listed in /etc/profille, I SHOULD be getting home set to > "c:/Users/", although I don't want that. > > Any other ideas? 1. cygcheck -srv? (include the compressed output to your reply) 2. getent passwd? (what home directory for your id?) 3. /etc/nsswitch.conf? (db_home?) Henri -- 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