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RE: fstab /tmp usertemp error after Windows Update
- From: "Garber, Dave (GE Oil & Gas, Non-GE)" <dave dot garber1 at ge dot com>
- To: "cygwin at cygwin dot com" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 19:49:33 +0000
- Subject: RE: fstab /tmp usertemp error after Windows Update
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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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