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Date:	Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:39:02 -0400
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: [mathew DOT boorman AT au DOT cmg DOT com: /etc/profile /etc/passwd and HOME]
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Christopher Faylor wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 08:01:03PM +0200, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> >I like that idea.
> >
> >Should we add these lines to the generated profile?
> 
> Doesn't bash do this for you automatically, somehow?

I just checked and yes it does.  However I believe that would only be
for --login.

> Having /etc/profile do this for you seems wrong.

Yes, perhaps Cygwin should do it in dll initialization.

> 
> cgf
> 

Earnie.

> >Corinna
> >
> >----- Forwarded message from Mathew Boorman <mathew DOT boorman AT au DOT cmg DOT com> -----
> >
> >Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 17:13:04 +1000
> >From: Mathew Boorman <mathew DOT boorman AT au DOT cmg DOT com>
> >Subject: /etc/profile /etc/passwd and HOME
> >To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> >
> >
> >After installing on 2000 where my account has a default HOMEDRIVE setup, I
> >did the cygwin install.
> >
> >mkpasswd automatically setup the home field in /etc/passwd correctly, but it
> >did not work.
> >
> >I found /etc/profile does not check that but instead only checks for an
> >existing HOME.  It does not check for a value in /etc/passwd.
> >
> >The following change worked for me, but it assumes that /etc/passwd exists.
> >
> >Any comments?
> >
> ># Set up USER's home directory
> >+# try and get it from /etc/passwd
> >+if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
> >+  HOME=`grep mat /etc/passwd | cut --delimiter=: --fields=6`
> >+fi
> >+
> >+# fallback if HOME was not set in /etc/passwd
> >if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then
> >  HOME="/home/$USER"
> >fi
> >
> >
> >
> >If OK and so requested I will figure out how to do a real patch.
> >
> >m@
> >
> >
> >
> >
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