On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 19:24:38, Boylan, Ross" wrote: > [Answering my own question after better searching] > Same question asked and answered in the thread starting https://cygwin.com/= > ml/cygwin/2016-06/msg00400.html. > The answer is to set db_home in nsswitch.conf. > > Comment: the current behavior strikes me as unfortunate and surprising.
Surprisng? .. and you have read? https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-passwdinfo where it reads: So, what settings can we perform with /etc/nsswitch.conf? Let's start with an example /etc/nsswitch.conf file set up to all default values: # /etc/nsswitch.conf passwd: files db group: files db db_enum: cache builtin db_home: /home/%U <========= db_shell: /bin/bash db_gecos: <empty> Perhaps you can infer this default from: https://cygwin.com/ where it reads: Cygwin - Get this __Linux__ feeling ... Henri -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple