* How and where is HOME set from /etc/passwd?
@ 2012-02-24 21:35 Andrew DeFaria
2012-02-24 23:50 ` Andrey Repin
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From: Andrew DeFaria @ 2012-02-24 21:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: cygwin
According to http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.home if not
set in the Windows environment then the entry in /etc/password should be
used. Where is this accomplished? Because I'm not seeing it happen.
Instead /etc/profile is invoked and HOME is set to nothing and
/etc/profile tries to create a directory of no name and fails.
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* Re: How and where is HOME set from /etc/passwd?
2012-02-24 21:35 How and where is HOME set from /etc/passwd? Andrew DeFaria
@ 2012-02-24 23:50 ` Andrey Repin
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From: Andrey Repin @ 2012-02-24 23:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Andrew DeFaria, cygwin
Greetings, Andrew DeFaria!
> According to http://cygwin.com/faq/faq.setup.html#faq.setup.home if not
> set in the Windows environment then the entry in /etc/password should be
> used. Where is this accomplished? Because I'm not seeing it happen.
> Instead /etc/profile is invoked and HOME is set to nothing and
> /etc/profile tries to create a directory of no name and fails.
Use mkpasswd (and mkgroup, as well) to generate proper /etc/passwd and
/etc/group
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Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 25.02.2012, <03:43>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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