Re: Nano fails to open file "~/.bashrc".

[Andrey Repin <anrdaemon@yandex.ru>]

Greetings, Kirill Frolov!

Please avoid top-posting in this list.

> On 03.03.2023 15:47, Andrey Repin wrote:
>> Greetings, Kirill Frolov!
>>
>>> When i run nano ~/.bashrc nano opens with   [ Directory '/home/frolo' does not exist ] error.
>> Do you run it from bash prompt or from CMD prompt?
>>
>>> The file opens with cat ~/.bashrc
>> Can you please show us the output of
>>
>> getent passwd "$USER"; mount; cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
>>

> I run it with F:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe -i /Cygwin-Terminal.ico -

Thanks. TBH, I'm baffled. Your setup looks like standard unaltered one.
Diagnostics seems clear, but the last bit remains.
What the `which nano` says?

> $ getent passwd "$USER"; mount; cat /etc/nsswitch.conf
> frolo:*:197609:197121:U-DESKTOP-P57624Q\frolo,S-1-5-21-3636099827-1216969241-2011884586-1001:/home/frolo:/bin/bash
> F:/cygwin64/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto)
> F:/cygwin64/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto)
> F:/cygwin64 on / type ntfs (binary,auto)
> C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
> D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
> E: on /cygdrive/e type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
> F: on /cygdrive/f type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
> # /etc/nsswitch.conf
> #
> #    This file is read once by the first process in a Cygwin process tree.
> #    To pick up changes, restart all Cygwin processes.  For a description
> #    see https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch
> #
> # Defaults:
> # passwd:   files db
> # group:    files db
> # db_enum:  cache builtin
> # db_home:  /home/%U
> # db_shell: /bin/bash
> # db_gecos: <empty>




-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Friday, March 3, 2023 18:26:32

Sorry for my terrible english...