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RE: fstab /tmp usertemp error after Windows Update


Your TMP or TEMP environment variable is probably set to that value.  Exit Cygwin, fix the environment variable and then go into Cygwin and check it.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com] On
> Behalf Of Jeff Howard
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2017 2:43 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: EXT: fstab /tmp usertemp error after Windows Update
> 
> Hello -
> 
> After a recent Windows Update (and reboot) the following fstab entry we
> used directly from the Cygwin documentation (https://cygwin.com/cygwin-
> ug-net/using.html) is no longer working.  After digging a little deeper, it
> appears to be attempting to mount /tmp to a directory that doesn't exist on
> my local filesystem.
> 
> I can of course create the directory in my temp folder, but that would defeat
> the purpose in our multi-user environment.  Since we're in a multi-user
> environment, our intention is for each user to seamlessly mount /tmp to
> their own temporary folder to prevent permissions issues.  I also updated
> the Cygwin binaries for good measure, and the issue still persists.
> 
> Examples of my fstab and output from "mount" are in-line below.  Note that
> the directory "/3" does not exist in my local temp folder -
> "C:/Users/Jeff/AppData/Local/Temp" does not exist in my local temp folder:
> 
> $ cat fstab
> # /etc/fstab
> #
> #    This file is read once by the first process in a Cygwin process tree.
> #    To pick up changes, restart all Cygwin processes.  For a description
> #    see https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using.html#mount-table
> 
> # This is default anyway:
> none /cygdrive cygdrive binary,posix=0,user 0 0
> none /tmp usertemp binary,posix=0 0 0
> 
> Jeff@CM /etc
> $ mount
> C:/Users/Jeff/AppData/Local/Temp/3 on /tmp type ntfs
> (binary,posix=0,usertemp)
> C:/cygwin/bin on /usr/bin type ntfs (binary,auto)
> C:/cygwin/lib on /usr/lib type ntfs (binary,auto)
> C:/cygwin on / type ntfs (binary,auto)
> C: on /cygdrive/c type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
> D: on /cygdrive/d type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
> E: on /cygdrive/e type ntfs (binary,posix=0,user,noumount,auto)
> 
> 
> - Jeff
> 
> 
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