From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5742 invoked by alias); 8 Sep 2004 16:08:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 5728 invoked from network); 8 Sep 2004 16:08:49 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hotmail.com) (64.4.35.35) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 8 Sep 2004 16:08:49 -0000 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:45:09 -0700 Received: from 218.186.149.221 by by12fd.bay12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 08 Sep 2004 15:45:09 GMT X-Originating-IP: [218.186.149.221] X-Originating-Email: [longsh01@hotmail.com] X-Sender: longsh01@hotmail.com From: "S.H Long" To: cygwin@cygwin.com Bcc: Subject: Installing cygwin Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 16:31:00 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Sep 2004 15:45:09.0359 (UTC) FILETIME=[D20AB7F0:01C495BA] X-SW-Source: 2004-09/txt/msg00339.txt.bz2 Hi, I have just installed the latest full version cygwin on winxp. The root directory is "c:\cygwin\" Now whenever I start cygwin I get this, Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files should be rebuilt. See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd mkgroup -l [-d] > /etc/group Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users. long@COMP ~ $ pwd /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/long long@COMP ~ $ How do I set the HOME path in cygwin to "c:\cygwin\home\username\", please provide a detailed explanation as I am new to this. And what is the mkpasswd about? Please email your reply to me in-addition to the mailing list. Thanks for any help. _________________________________________________________________ Download MSN Messenger emoticons and display pictures. http://ilovemessenger.msn.com/?mkt=en-sg -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/