Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created
Hi, i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell, a folder called %USERPROFILE% is created in the base directory of the pc's harddisk. Sure it's not something you're doing? The variable is certainly available when running the shell with cygwin.bat. And even when starting, say, tcsh directly from explorer, the variable is there, right in the environment. I tested this again. After starting a local bash (local means i start it via doubleclick from within windows) i can see a USERPROFILE env.-var. If i do this in an bash started remotely (via sshd) i can't see it anymore. So i think this variable comes from Explorer of whatever and is not initialized within a ssh-shell session. This is also reflected by cygpath -D which outputs /cygdrive/c/%USERPROFILE%/Desktop. I found no trace where this var is set, so please give me a hint. Thanks, Oliver Geisen --- Systemadministrator Kreisboten Verlag Mühlfellner KG Telefon: 0881/686-63 Telefax: 0881/686-74 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created
On Jun 13 16:16, Oliver Geisen wrote: Hi, i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell, a folder called %USERPROFILE% is created in the base directory of the pc's harddisk. Sure it's not something you're doing? The variable is certainly available when running the shell with cygwin.bat. And even when starting, say, tcsh directly from explorer, the variable is there, right in the environment. I tested this again. After starting a local bash (local means i start it via doubleclick from within windows) i can see a USERPROFILE env.-var. If i do this in an bash started remotely (via sshd) i can't see it anymore. So i think this variable comes from Explorer of whatever and is not initialized within a ssh-shell session. This is also reflected by cygpath -D which outputs /cygdrive/c/%USERPROFILE%/Desktop. I found no trace where this var is set, so please give me a hint. It's set inside of Cygwin if possible. It opens the registry and tries to read the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\$USERNAME\ProfileImagePath If it's available, it's used as $USERPROFILE, otherwise $USERPROFILE stays empty. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created
Hi, I tested this again. After starting a local bash (local means i start it via doubleclick from within windows) i can see a USERPROFILE env.-var. If i do this in an bash started remotely (via sshd) i can't see it anymore. So i think this variable comes from Explorer of whatever and is not initialized within a ssh-shell session. This is also reflected by cygpath -D which outputs /cygdrive/c/%USERPROFILE%/Desktop. I found no trace where this var is set, so please give me a hint. It's set inside of Cygwin if possible. It opens the registry and tries to read the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\$USERNAME\ProfileImagePath If it's available, it's used as $USERPROFILE, otherwise $USERPROFILE stays empty. empty or not set ? Are you shure you mean $USERNAME in the sense of users login name, or users SID ? In HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\ on my NT4-WS are many folders like S-1-5-21-1570706540-1911978263-1210191635-1007/, and so on. In there is a ProfileImagePath key which contains %SystemRoot%\Profiles\admin. $SYSTEMROOT points to C:\WINNT in my ssh-shell. Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Oliver Geisen --- Systemadministrator Kreisboten Verlag Mühlfellner KG Telefon: 0881/686-63 Telefax: 0881/686-74 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created
On Jun 13 16:48, Oliver Geisen wrote: It's set inside of Cygwin if possible. It opens the registry and tries to read the following key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList\$USERNAME\ProfileImagePath If it's available, it's used as $USERPROFILE, otherwise $USERPROFILE stays empty. empty or not set ? Are you shure you mean $USERNAME in the sense of users login name, or users SID ? I meant the SID, sorry. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created
Hello, i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell, a folder called %USERPROFILE% is created in the base directory of the pc's harddisk. I found out that if i start a command-shell from windows there is an environment variable called %USERPROFILE% which points to the current logged in users directory. In cygwin-shells this variable is missing. So everytime a windows-process tries to access the current users profile-dir (to store some ini's or whatever), the variable does not resolve but will be taken literal, so this directory will be created. In other words: %USERPROFILE% does not point to c:\WINNT\Profiles\username, resp. %SystemRoot%\Profiles\username like it should. The effect is that the installer will fail, which is very bad if running silent setups. To avoid this i've set $USERPROFILE to the appropriate profile-directory for the users in his .profile in cygwin's /home/username. This seems to work, but do i make something wrong ? Is there a better way to do this ? Are there any environment-variables or programs to resolve the current users Windows-Profile-Directory, instead of setting it literally in .profile ? Regards, Oliver Geisen --- Systemadministrator Kreisboten Verlag Mühlfellner KG Telefon: 0881/686-63 Telefax: 0881/686-74 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created
On Jun 9 08:37, Systemtechnik wrote: Hello, i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell, a folder called %USERPROFILE% is created in the base directory of the pc's harddisk. I found out that if i start a command-shell from windows there is an environment variable called %USERPROFILE% which points to the current logged in users directory. In cygwin-shells this variable is missing. Sure it's not something you're doing? The variable is certainly available when running the shell with cygwin.bat. And even when starting, say, tcsh directly from explorer, the variable is there, right in the environment. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader mailto:cygwin@cygwin.com Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
Re: Directory c:\%USERPROFILE% created
* Systemtechnik (2005-06-09 07:37 +0100) i was wandering about strange folders created in the root directory of my Cygwin-Enhanced PCs and found out that everytime i start installer programs from within a cygwin shell, a folder called %USERPROFILE% is created in the base directory of the pc's harddisk. I found out that if i start a command-shell from windows there is an environment variable called %USERPROFILE% which points to the current logged in users directory. In cygwin-shells this variable is missing. So everytime a windows-process tries to access the current users profile-dir (to store some ini's or whatever), the variable does not resolve but will be taken literal, so this directory will be created. In other words: %USERPROFILE% does not point to c:\WINNT\Profiles\username, resp. %SystemRoot%\Profiles\username like it should. The effect is that the installer will fail, which is very bad if running silent setups. To avoid this i've set $USERPROFILE to the appropriate profile-directory for the users in his .profile in cygwin's /home/username. This seems to work, but do i make something wrong ? Is there a better way to do this ? Are there any environment-variables or programs to resolve the current users Windows-Profile-Directory, instead of setting it literally in .profile ? Don't use .profile for bash (see man bash FILES). Cywin should read all your Windows environment variables. Try bash -c set | grep USERPROFILE -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
