Windows 2000 - HOMEDRIVE,HOMEPATH vs. USERPROFILE

2005-05-31 Thread Conrad T. Pino
Hi Derek, I ran tests on Windows 2000 and here's what I've learned so far: * User accounts have two flavors: Local and Domain * Both user account types support local or network user profiles * Both user account types support Home folder options * User profile type (local vs. network) seems

RE: Windows 2000 - HOMEDRIVE,HOMEPATH vs. USERPROFILE

2005-05-31 Thread Conrad T. Pino
Hi Derek, A few more observations follow: From: Conrad T. Pino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Based on these observations, how do Windows and UNIX differ to CVS? UNIX user profile (.profile,.bash_profile) files are always in $HOME.

Re: Windows 2000 - HOMEDRIVE,HOMEPATH vs. USERPROFILE

2005-05-31 Thread Derek Price
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It sounds to me like we probably want to ignore USERPROFILE, then, and just use the home dir settings. How does the home directory get set to something other than undefined in your examples? Is there an API to read it from the system or must all