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RE: how set HOME on login?
- To: cygwin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: RE: how set HOME on login?
- From: Glen Coakley <gcoakley at mqsoftware dot com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 08:52:20 -0500
I have the same 'problem' though it doesn't bother me. But, to add some more
information, my account does have administrator priviledges on this machine
(but not the domain).
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Glen Coakley, Sr. Software Engineer
MQSoftware Inc., (763) 543-4845
Have you ever wonder what happens when you run "rm -rf / " but been afraid
to try it?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael A. Chase [mailto:mchase@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 12:20 PM
> To: Sean Pollack; cygwin
> Subject: Re: how set HOME on login?
>
>
> Things to look for:
> What is the result from `id -un`?
> Does /home/$USER exist?
> Is the user defined in /etc/passwd?
> What are $USER and $HOME set to once bash starts?
>
> There is code in the default /etc/profile that handles some
> of those issues,
> but if your installation is relatively old, it might have been created
> before that code was added. The new code overrides USER, but
> leaves HOME
> alone if it is already set. It also includes 'cd $HOME' near the end.
>
> --
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> Give a hobbit a ring and he'll eat fish for an age.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Pollack" <sean@giantstudios.com>
> To: "cygwin" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:08 PM
> Subject: how set HOME on login?
>
>
> > I'd like to be able to goto /home/$USER instead of
> /home/administrator
> when
> > I open a cygwin shell.
> >
> > I setup cygwin so my $USER is now correct.
>
>
>
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