On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 at 15:33, KAVALAGIOS Panagiotis (EEAS-EXT) wrote: > Dear all, > > Something went wrong to my Cygwin installation update (update is performed by > removing everything and installing again the new version). The home directory > of my user was not created, when you run Cygwin for the first time. When I > start Cygwin it defaults to the evil C:\Windows\System32!?!? > > -bash-4.4$ pwd > /cygdrive/c/WINDOWS/System32 > -bash-4.4$ cd > -bash: cd: /home/kavalpa: No such file or directory > -bash-4.4$ > > How this can be fixed in proper way, without causing any permission issues.
These directories aren't normally created by the install scripts, but by the /etc/profile script the first time you create a login shell. You should see a message saying "Copying skeleton files. // These files are for the users to personalise their cygwin experience." when that happens. Therefore the key question here: how are you starting Cygwin? Adam -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
