Re: Installing cygwin

[Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please at cygwin dot com>]

At 11:45 AM 9/8/2004, you wrote:
>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?
>


If you follow the directions given about 'mkpasswd', you'll probably
find your HOME path resolves itself.  If not, visit

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