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Re: ssh doesn't like $HOME
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:49:26 +0200
- Subject: Re: ssh doesn't like $HOME
- References: <3EAE9CC1.6060608@imag.fr>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 05:39:45PM +0200, sferriol wrote:
> hello
> i'm using ssh under windows2000.
> i'm testing little scripts which use ssh.
>
> to generate ssh keys for testing, i have change my HOME in win$$ to
> $HOME=test_directory
>
> but when i use ssh, it use the keys in the old HOME directory, not in
> the current
> why??
> does it use the HOME variable???
ssh never uses the $HOME value. It uses the home dir given in the user's
/etc/passwd entry.
Corinna
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