On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 11:22 AM Houder wrote: > On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 16:58:09, Houder wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 06:40:28, David Karr wrote: > > > On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 2:01 AM Houder wrote: > > .. > > > > > > Please study /etc/profile where it says "here is how HOME is set" ... > > > > > > > > > > Ok. This says: > > > > > > # 1) From existing HOME in the Windows environment, translated to a > > > Posix path > > > # 2) from /etc/passwd, if there is an entry with a non empty > directory > > > field > > > # 3) from HOMEDRIVE/HOMEPATH > > > # 4) / (root) > > > > > > I just brought up a cmd shell and entered "set" and looked at the > result. > > > > > > 1. I don't have a "HOME" variable setting. > > > 2. /etc/passwd doesn't exist in Cygwin. > > > 3. I DO have both HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH set, and that points to my > Windows > > > home directory, which DOES exist. > > > 4. This is what I am getting. > > > > Perhaps comment in file is not complete? (is getent perhaps used?) > > Execute from a command prompt: > > <your Cygwin root>\bin\env > > and observe that HOME is added to the environment by the cygwin1.dll ... > (at the end of the listing/environment array) >
Yes, it adds "HOME=/". > Next, study > > - https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping > - https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch > > You should find the answer here; somewhere (/etc/nsswitch.conf?), you > define > HOME (db_home:?) ... that is why HOME is known to the cygwin1.dll. > All the lines in nsswitch.conf are commented out, so I assume they're not active. > Henri > > > > So, before this reboot, my Cygwin home directory has always been > > > "/home/<myuid>", which has always resided at > "c:\cygwin64\home\<myuid>". > > > After the reboot, my Cygwin home directory is "/", which appears to > > > translate to "c:\cygwin64" (from "cygpath -w /"). However, according > to > > > the rules listed in /etc/profille, I SHOULD be getting home set to > > > "c:/Users/<myuid>", although I don't want that. > > > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > 1. cygcheck -srv? (include the compressed output to your reply) > > > > 2. getent passwd? (what home directory for your id?) > > > > 3. /etc/nsswitch.conf? (db_home?) > > > > 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 > > > > > -- > 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 > > -- 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