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Re: Install puts home in /c/Users
- From: Lee Savidge <lee dot savidge at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 14:50:02 +0100
- Subject: Re: Install puts home in /c/Users
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
>>I am assuming that Windows has decided to make use of the HOME
>>variable which points to my Windows user account folder home. Does
>>Cygwin also use this? Can I make Cygwin use its own so I can repoint
>>it to its original folder?
>
>Try modifying /etc/passwd for "myuseraccount" to point the home directory
>where you want it.
>
>cgf
This is what is in /etc/passwd
lsavidge:unused:1001:513:U-Laptop\lsavidge,S-1-5-21-5255265862-4599952367-159522435-1001:/home/lsavidge:/bin/bash
So, U-Laptop\lsavidge matches my laptop name and windows user account.
I assume that this: /home/lsavidge
Is supposed to be where cygwin goes once loaded?
How does it get there? Under the directory in C:\Cygwin64\home there
are no subdirectories which I would have expected
C:\Cygwin64\home\lsavidge and for /home/lsavidge to be mapped to that
directory.
Lee
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