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RE: HOME set to / [Was: cygwin-1.3.16-1]


From: Chris Game

> - now how do I get out of this 'None' group
> that I'm apparently in, and into 'Users' or even 'Administrators'?

Step 1: Type "id" in bash and find what groups you are part of.
        id will only show the Windows groups that are in /etc/group, 
	so that file has to be complete. Verify that all groups listed
	by "mkgroup -l" and "mkgroup -d" appear in /etc/group.
Step 2: Edit /etc/passwd and change your gid to any of your groups.
Step 3: Start a shell from outside of Cygwin. Type "id" to verify.

Pierre

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