From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Home directory was not created
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 10:37:51 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <65851a08-a0d3-4fca-a956-77cf73459180@SystematicSw.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bcd11439517f40ab91cc2673a62f4d5d@BELBRU-EXMP104.eeas.europa.eu>
On 2021-03-01 08:33, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote:
> Something went wrong to my Cygwin installation update (update is performed
> by removing everything and installing again the new version). The home
> directory of my user was not created, when you run Cygwin for the first time.
> When I start Cygwin it defaults to the evil C:\Windows\System32!?!?
> -bash-4.4$ pwd
> /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32
> -bash-4.4$ cd
> -bash: cd: /home/kavalpa: No such file or directory
> -bash-4.4$
> How this can be fixed in proper way, without causing any permission issues.
By figuring out what went wrong during setup.
Please respond attaching /var/log/setup.log.full and terminal or console log if
possible.
Otherwise just run setup-x86/_64 [-g] to upgrade without wiping everything to
avoid such problems.
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-03-01 15:33 KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)
2021-03-01 17:37 ` Brian Inglis [this message]
[not found] ` <24934718098a4d26a65b68ef62f3b46e@BELBRU-EXMP101.eeas.europa.eu>
2021-03-02 18:56 ` Brian Inglis
2021-03-03 11:22 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)
2021-03-03 11:55 ` Andrey Repin
2021-03-03 12:59 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)
2021-03-03 11:57 ` Thomas Wolff
2021-03-03 12:43 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)
2021-03-03 12:58 ` Thomas Wolff
2021-03-03 13:07 ` KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)
2021-03-03 17:07 ` Brian Inglis
2021-03-05 21:22 ` Kraja, Aldi
2021-03-05 21:52 ` remove my email aldi@wustl.edu from the cygwin@cygwin.com email list Kraja, Aldi
2021-03-06 1:38 ` Help on Unsubscribing Brian Inglis
2021-03-05 10:17 ` Home directory was not created KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT)
2021-03-05 18:50 ` Brian Inglis
2021-03-02 17:27 ` Adam Dinwoodie
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