Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com From: "Robert Campbell" To: Subject: Setting $HOME from /etc/passwd Date: Fri, 21 May 1999 13:16:25 -0600 Message-ID: <000901bea3be$6b5af770$1605a8c0@lyra.geonexuscorp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_000A_01BEA38C.20C08770" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3612.1700 ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BEA38C.20C08770 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Is there any way to run login or something similar such that the HOME, USER, and other environment variables are set automatically when an icon is clicked. We have the appropriate home directories, etc. set up properly in the /etc/passwd file, but when you start bash with the --login parameter it does not read these. We have some PC's here that are shared by a number of users for various purposes, and I would like them to have separate cygwin environments. Thanx. -- Robert Campbell. Sr. Software Developer Geonexus Interpretive Modelling Corp. Ph: 403.262.0780 Fax: 403.262.0783 web: www.geonexuscorp.com ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01BEA38C.20C08770 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Is there any way to run login or something similar such that the = HOME, USER,=20 and other environment variables are set automatically when an icon is=20 clicked. We have the appropriate home directories, etc. set up = properly in=20 the /etc/passwd file, but when you start bash with the --login parameter = it does=20 not read these.

We have some PC's here that are shared by a number of users for = various=20 purposes, and I would like them to have separate cygwin environments. =

Thanx.

Robert Campbell. = Sr. Software=20 Developer

Geonexus Interpretive = Modelling=20 Corp.

Ph: 403.262.0780 = Fax:=20 403.262.0783

web: www.geonexuscorp.com =

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