I noticed that when HOME is setup as an environment variable, that /home/<user> does not get setup.
Try echo $HOME from Cygwin Bash and see what happens. I found that when you remove the HOME environment vairable (as defined with Windows), then /home/<user> is created. I'm not to sure of the reasons for this observed functionality, but hey, here's something to try anyway. I'm sure others will reply with more wisdom. Dave > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 5:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Setup Failed to Create /home directory > > > 2001/11/09 09:11:06 Starting cygwin install, version 2.78.2.15 > > I ran into a problem with my terminal (similar to :"WARNING: terminal > is not fully functional" and pro blems with vi" mail archive) so I > uninstalled and reinstalled cygwin. After the reinstall I still had > the problem described above, plus I didn't have a home directory or a > user directory (I'm sure the previous install created these for me). > Also, when I start cygwin from the shortcut (I'm on NT4) I end up in > the /cygdrive/c directory instead of somewhere down in > /cygdrive/c/cygwin... (where ... should be /home/meierd). > > I've reviewed my setup.log and setup.log.full but everything > looks normal there, no errors reported, but no log messages > indicating directories being created either). > > I've partially solved the terminal problem (unset TERMINFO; > export TERM=cygwin) although I've got to fix it everytime I > launch a new cygwin window. I want to add the fix to my .profile > but I don't even have a user directory. > > I've seen some posts that indicate I may need to do 'adduser' or > 'useradd' or some such? > > Is there another solution to the terminal problem (like fixing > the root cause for why it went sour)? > > My cygwin.bat file contains: > @echo off > > C: > chdir \cygwin\bin > > bash --login -i > > Any help? > Thanks. > Dan > > -- > 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/
