From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from stargate.mehconsulting.com (stargate.mehconsulting.com [65.78.188.61]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC7C3385DC0B for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:54:05 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org EC7C3385DC0B Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mehconsulting.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=cygwin@mehconsulting.com Received: from [10.1.1.68] (Atlantis.mehconsulting.com [10.1.1.68]) (authenticated bits=0) by stargate.mehconsulting.com (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id 03NBs1Z3022964 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 23 Apr 2020 04:54:01 -0700 DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 stargate.mehconsulting.com 03NBs1Z3022964 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=mehconsulting.com; s=default; t=1587642842; bh=4Nwv7mThuCXvOjXOO9owbDt4qTtrW2nZIrwBnHlNXkQ=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=IVvPJhDyNzA0fyKCBCU1dUxHbU3H9j8ta/ddTK5kOcz8rdPEutC86WuX5RQqrgOJW ekliQZcf9AduDM9iUP1NPEhWFidSaSD/iU52d3QLO4o4lWqd0GuvCpreu5Yad3AAAh WwVbqQYE9cDnpInYwPWKh60LS8MQeLhHBXqJBFZI= Subject: Re: Problems with ssh when I log into my PC using my corporate domain while working from home To: cygwin@cygwin.com Newsgroups: gmane.os.cygwin References: From: Mark Hansen Message-ID: <4c387fd0-db14-2d8f-3590-54c83e3a60e7@mehconsulting.com> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 04:54:01 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=3.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40, COVID_BODY, DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 11:54:07 -0000 On 4/21/2020 2:52 PM, Mark Hansen wrote: > On 4/21/2020 8:33 AM, Mark Hansen wrote: >> I have a Windows 10 laptop, on which I installed Cygwin. I always log into the machine using >> my corporate domain account. When I log into the machine from my office, everything Cygwin >> works fine. >> >> When I log into my laptop from home (which I'm working from home for a while now, due to >> COVID-19), I still log in using my corporate domain account, but Cygwin acts differently. >> >> Here is my user id (from the id command) when I log in from the office: >> >> uid=1293438(Mark.Hansen) gid=1049089(Domain Users) ... >> >> Here is the same when I've logged in with the machine at home: >> >> uid=1293438(MAN+User(244862)) gid=1293438 >> >> (MAN) is the domain. >> >> The actual problem I'm having is that Cygwin tools like ssh, git, etc. can't find my .ssh >> directory. They are looking in "/" rather than my home directory. >> >> I tried copying my .ssh directory from my home to "/" and although it was created, the >> files have the wrong permissions and I'm unable to change them. >> >> Is there something I can tweak to get Cygwin to understand which user I am so the ssh >> stuff can start working again? >> >> Thanks for any help. >> > > To answer a question posed by someone to my private e-mail: > > I didn't have the HOME environment variable set at first. When the PC is at my office, > Cygwin worked fine. When I took the PC home and logged in there, I had severe Cygwin > issues - I wasn't able to open a Cygwin Terminal or an XTerm terminal - it seemed it > didn't know where my HOME directory was. > > As a result, I set my HOME directory in the environment settings for my user. Once I > did that, I was able to use the Cygwin Terminal and XTerm terminals again. > > The only thing that is still not working (as far as I can see) is any ssh client which > needs to find the .ssh directory (like ssh or git, etc.). > Assuming Cygwin doesn't know about my user (when the PC is at home) - is there something I can run to reset what Cygwin thinks is the user? Otherwise, I'll try reinstalling Cygwin and see if that helps.