Do you have a correct /etc/passwd file? That file lists your home directory, but if cygwin cannot access your home dir, it might give that error. Also, is $HOME defined in your environment? You could define it in windows or in the cygwin.bat file.
HTH, Peter Joel Bushart wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael A Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Joel Bushart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Cygwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: install bash-login problem > > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Joel Bushart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Cygwin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 08:29 >>Subject: install bash-login problem >> >> >> >>>I stripped cygwin completely off my system, including registrary >>> > systems. > >>>Then reinstalled it from a fresh version of setup.exe >>> >>>get this error when I try login from cmd prompt. >>> >>>C:\>.\cygwin\bin\login >>>login: joel >>>Password: >>>No directory /home/Joel! >>>Logging in with home = "/". >>>Fanfare!!! >>>You are successfully logged in to this server!!! >>> 14 [main] -bash 2936 sync_with_child: child 3980(0x628) died before >>>initial >>>ization with status code 0x0 >>> 35279 [main] -bash 2936 sync_with_child: *** child state waiting for >>>longjmp >>>bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable >>>bash-2.05a$ >>> >>The correct way to get a bash prompt is the same as shown in >>c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat, start bash: bash --login -i >> >>You are not logging into UNIX, you are starting an alternate shell in >>Windows. >>-- >> > > My apologies I forgot to mention that that login error also occurs from the > cygwin.bat file when I double click it. :( > anywho, I thought that some greater minds than I may make some sense out of > it as bash seems to work fine but login fails. I'm not sure if cygwin or > login is in error. > > thanks again, > Joel > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/