At 11:45 AM 9/8/2004, you wrote: >Hi, > >I have just installed the latest full version cygwin on winxp. The root directory is >"c:\cygwin\" > > >Now whenever I start cygwin I get this, > >Your group is currently "mkpasswd". This indicates that >the /etc/passwd (and possibly /etc/group) files should be rebuilt. >See the man pages for mkpasswd and mkgroup then, for example, run >mkpasswd -l [-d] > /etc/passwd >mkgroup -l [-d] > /etc/group >Note that the -d switch is necessary for domain users. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >$ pwd >/cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/long > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ >$ > >How do I set the HOME path in cygwin to "c:\cygwin\home\username\", please provide a >detailed explanation as I am new to this. And what is the mkpasswd about? >
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